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• The Longest Day | DVD | (04/06/2001) from £9.75   |  Saving you £10.24 (51.20%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Longest Day, producer Darryl F Zanuck's epic account of June 6, 1944, is Hollywood's definitive D-Day movie. More modern accounts such as Saving Private Ryan and the mini-series Band of Brothers are more vividly realistic, but Zanuck's production is the only one to attempt the daunting task of covering that fateful day from all perspectives. From the German high command and front line officers to the French Resistance and all the key Allied participants, the screenplay by Cornelius Ryan, based on his own authoritative book, is as factually accurate a depiction of events as possible. Zanuck picked three different directors to handle the German, French and Allied sequences respectively and the result should have been a grittily realistic semi-documentary work of unparalleled authenticity. That it is not is due to the unfortunate decision to populate the movie with an apparently endless parade of stars: John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, Sean Connery and Kenneth Moore to name a few all pop up from time to time; while Roddy McDowall and Richard Burton, on leave from the set of Cleopatra, also get cameos. The end result is an uneasy mix of verisimilitude and Hollywood star-power. Add to that the need for every character to provide almost endless explanatory exposition and the film falls a little flat for too much of its running time. The set-piece battles are still spectacular, however, and if the landings on Omaha beach lack the graphic gore of Private Ryan they nonetheless show the sheer scale and audacity of the invasion. Despite its top-heavy cast, The Longest Day is still the best D-Day movie ever made.On the DVD: The black and white print is in excellent condition, as is the remixed Dolby 5.0. Made in 1969, the 50-minute supplementary documentary "D-Day Revisited" has producer Zanuck revisiting key locations in Normandy, chatting to the locals in rather stiff French and providing a personal narrative of the events of June 6, 1944 intercut with scenes from his film. The sight of the elderly Zanuck standing on Omaha Beach or beside the headstone of an unknown soldier is easily as poignant as the bookend scenes of Saving Private Ryan, but without the Spielbergian sentiment. --Mark Walker

• Sex Traffic | DVD | (04/09/2006) from £10.78   |  Saving you £5.21 (32.60%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Elena and Vara believe they are leaving their home in Moldova one of the poorest countries in Europe for a better life in London. However they soon realise that they have in fact been sold to traffickers and are being taken to the dark and seedy side of the capital to work as sex slaves. Daniel Appleton (Simm) is a researcher and investigator for London-based charity Speak For Freedom investigating the plight of girls sold into sexual slavery. A chance meeting with Elena changes Daniel's life forever as he uncovers a potentially explosive corruption scandal involving Kernwell a private US contractor supplying troops to the international peacekeeping mission in Bosnia. When the girls' story reaches Madeleine Harlsburgh (Wendy Crewson) the wife of Kernwell's chief she starts to suspect that Kernwell employees may themselves be trafficking women. As she seeks out the truth she finds herself forced to choose between her husband's reputation and her family's happiness. The interweaving strands of this story combine in a single explosive narrative that exposes the shocking and all too real network of sex trafficking. Winner of 8 BAFTAs including Best Drama Serial and Best Actress for Anamaria Marinca.

• Hitman Steel Pack | Blu Ray | (02/03/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  HITMAN roars to life with both barrels blazing in this hardcore action-thriller starring Timothy Olyphant (Die Hard 4.0). A genetically engineered assassin with killer style and deadly aim known only as “Agent 47 ” eliminates strategic targets for a top secret organisation. But when he’s double-crossed on a mission the hunter becomes the prey as 47 finds himself ensnared in a life-or-death game of international intrigue and violent retribution.

• Life After People - As seen on Channel 4 | DVD | (02/02/2009) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-5.24 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Using feature film quality visual effects and top experts in the fields of engineering botany ecology biology geology climatology and archeology Life After People provides an amazing visual journey to a world free from human intervention. We visit New York now overrun by forest London submerged under water Paris where the Eiffel Tower no longer stands... Humans won't be around forever and now we can see in detail for the very first time the world that will be left behind in... Life After People.

• Demons Never Die | DVD | (20/02/2012) from £11.89   |  Saving you £6.10 (51.30%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Stylish teen slasher film Demons Never Die follows eight very different London students with one deadly secret: they have all made a pact to end their lives together. However, a mysterious masked killer emerges from the shadows to grant their death-wish in more terrifying fashion than they could ever have imagined. Misfit Archie (Robert Sheehan), model Samantha (Emma Rigby), wide-boy Kenny (Jason Maza), star pupil Ashleigh (Shanika Warren-Markland), conflicted Ricky (Jacob Anderson), goth-girl Jasmine (Jennie Jacques), and weakling James (Jack Doolan) are all battling their own private demons, from eating disorders to lost parents. But as a much deadlier assailant hunts them down one by one, their quest for death becomes a desperate fight for their lives. Can these friends survive long enough to discover what they have to live for? Or will their bleeding hearts be brutally slashed wide open?

• Prison Break - Season 2 - Part 1 | DVD | (21/05/2007) from £22.12   |  Saving you £12.87 (36.80%)   |  RRP £34.99

  The thrilling TV drama is back on DVD for a second season, featuring the first 12 episodes.

• Stanley And Iris | DVD | (25/07/2005) from £17.76   |  Saving you £-4.77 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Some people need love spelled out for them. An illiterate cook (Robert De Niro) at a company cafeteria tries for the attention of a newly widowed woman (Jane Fonda). As they get to know one another she discovers his inability to read. When he is fired she takes on trying to teach him to read in her kitchen each night....

• Pollyanna (1973) - BBC | DVD | (04/08/2014) from £7.20   |  Saving you £12.79 (177.64%)   |  RRP £19.99

  All six episodes from the 1973 television adaptation of the novel by Eleanor H. Porter. The series tells the story of the young girl called Pollyanna (Elizabeth Archard) who goes to live with her bitter Aunt Polly (Elaine Stritch) after the death of her parents. The optimistic child, who lives by a philosophy she calls 'the glad game' consisting of finding something to be glad about in every situation, soon realises that not everyone in the world is as nice as her parents; her Aunt Polly being one of those people. As Pollyanna introduces mirth and mayhem into her new home and encourages the local inhabitants to look on the bright side of life, she finds that even the coldest of hearts can be warmed.

• In Darkness – Multi Award Winning film - Based on a true story from WWII | DVD | (07/06/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Reno 911 - Miami | DVD | (03/09/2007) from £5.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (166.94%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The brave men and women of the Reno Sheriff's Department star in their first feature film.

• Keep It in the Family - The Complete Series 3 | DVD | (28/05/2012) from £10.43   |  Saving you £2.56 (24.54%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A resounding success over five series, this Thames comedy created by sitcom veteran Brian Cooke (Man About the House) is set in the delightfully chaotic home of Dudley and Muriel Rush, whose daughters, Jacqui and Susan, satisfy a hankering for freedom by moving into the family's vacant basement flat. Dudley, a gifted cartoonist but an inveterate procrastinator, finds it hard to concentrate amid the ever-increasing number of distractions to the despair of his long-suffering boss, Duncan. But at least he can still keep an eye on his wayward daughters, and their visitors! Starring Robert Gillespie, Stacy Dorning and Pauline Yates, this third series sees Jacqui contemplating marriage, Susan passing her driving test, and Muriel attempting to play matchmaker for hapless bachelor Duncan...

• Caddyshack 2 | DVD | (28/08/2006) from £7.11   |  Saving you £5.88 (82.70%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The Bushwood Country Club snobs are at it again and this time the slobs are really out to shake 'em up! Jackie Mason arrives as a blue collar millionaire to smack some fresh divots out of sham and pretension in this zany sequel to the comedy favourite....

• Keep It in the Family - The Complete Series 5 | DVD | (01/07/2013) from £8.98   |  Saving you £6.00 (85.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A resounding success over five series, this Thames comedy - created by sitcom veteran Brian Cooke and starring Robert Gillespie and Black Beauty star Stacy Dorning - is set in the delightfully chaotic home of Dudley and Muriel Rush, whose daughters Jacqui and Susan occupy the family's basement flat. Dudley, a gifted cartoonist and illustrator but an inveterate procrastinator, finds it hard to concentrate amid an ever-increasing number of distractions - to the despair of his long-suffering bos...

• The Legend of King Arthur | DVD | (10/10/2016) from £11.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (66.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A fine production of the gripping, classic story of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table from the BBC, adapted by the Emmy-winning Andrew Davies (House of Cards / Bridget Jones's Diary). Featuring a fantastic cast including Andrew Burt, Felicity Dean and Maureen O'Brien.

• Hamish Macbeth - Series 3 | DVD | (24/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The only policeman not after a promotion. The complete third and final series. Lochdubh: a frontier town in the wild west of Scotland. One hotel one general store one doctor and one lawman - PC Hamish Macbeth (Robert Carlyle). He's the sherrif along with canine sidekick Wee Jock with his own singular methods of dealing with crime and misdemeanours. If only his love life were so easily solved. But then that's another story... Episodes Comprise: 1. The Honourable

• The Toxic Avenger | DVD | (02/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  The foundation stone of the Troma label's trash-movie empire, The Toxic Avenger introduces the character of nerdy janitor Melvin, who suffers heaps of abuse from local bad-guys and is stuffed into a vat of toxic waste while dressed in a ballerina outfit. He emerges mutated into a Swamp Thing/Hulk-style monster hero who romps around the blighted township of Tromaville, New Jersey, offing the grotesque villains in nastily gruesome ways and mooning over his blind true love. The Troma style is unique, and perhaps predates the anything-gross-for-a-laugh approach of the Farrelly Brothers by a good 10 years, but it sometimes wavers between the good-natured gags and genuinely unpleasant plot images that somewhat spoil the tone. Entry-level filmmaking, but with surprisingly professional head-squashing effects and a degree of enthusiasm that breaks down most resistance. Several sequels have ensued, including The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie. -- Kim Newman

• The Revenge Of Robert | DVD | (19/03/2018) from £4.64   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Germany, 1941: Two secret agents, one working for British intelligence and the other working for the Nazis, board a train. Their mission is to find a Toymaker who is in possession of a mystical book which gives life to the inanimate. As the two secret agents close in and the Toymaker has no idea who to trust, he uses the magical tome to bring a vintage doll called Robert to life...and Robert will stop at nothing to protect his puppet master. So begins a blood soaked battle aboard the train as the Toymaker and the killer doll fight to survive. Only the victor will get off at the next stop.

• Keep it in the Family - The Complete First Series | DVD | (18/10/2010) from £8.98   |  Saving you £6.00 (85.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A resounding success over five series between 1980 and 1983 this Thames Television comedy is set in the delightfully chaotic home of Dudley and Muriel Rush whose daughters Jacqui and Susan satisfy a hankering for freedom by moving into the family's vacant basement flat. Dudley is a gifted cartoonist but an inveterate procrastinator with a fondness for practical jokes who finds it hard to concentrate amid an ever-increasing number of distractions - to the despair of his long-suffering agent Duncan. But at least he can still keep an eye on his wayward daughters and their visitors... Starring Robert Gillespie Stacy Dorning (Black Beauty) and Pauline Yates (The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin) Keep It in the Family was created by sitcom veteran Brian Cooke (Man About the House George and Mildred) and co-written by Fenn Street Gang star David Barry. The complete first series - also featuring Roy Kinnear Pat Coombs and Bert Kwouk - is released here for the first time on DVD.

• Stingray - Vol. 3 - Giant Oyster / Raptures / Stand By / Disappearing Ships / Man From Navy / Marine / Thumb | DVD | (02/04/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Please Note: Some customers have experienced problems playing this disc on their Wharfdale and Samsung 709 DVD players. We advise that you do not make this purchase if you are unsure of playability. 2065 Marineville. The World Aquanaut Security Patrol (WASP) fight against the evil Titan and the Aquaphibians grotesque undersea warriors in the quest for world peace. WASP's most powerful asset is the sleek and deadly underwater craft STINGRAY captained by Intrepid Troy Temp

• 10 Rillington Place | DVD | (18/04/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  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 move 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 her. Believing himself to be an accomplice to a fatal abortion Evans panics and flees with the hope that his child will be looked after; in fact Christie kills her too. Evans is arrested charged with double murder found guilty and hanged. But Christie continues to kill... Attenborough and Hurt give unforgettable performances in this thought-provoking frightening and atmospheric true crime classic directed by Richard Fleischer.