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• In Treatment - Complete HBO Season 3 | DVD | (06/02/2012) from £16.19   |  Saving you £0.81 (5.00%)   |  RRP £17.00

  Rumours of In Treatment's death have been greatly exaggerated. The half-hour HBO drama that was originally adapted from an Israeli TV show has continued to flourish among devoted fans in spite of wide-ranging critical opinion about its integrity and entertainment value. Nevertheless, season three is an absorbing continuation of the life and practice of psychotherapist Paul Weston (Gabriel Byrne), and the tortured processes he undertakes with patients and with himself. Continuing the format of episodes that focus on individual patients--only three this time--then concluding each week with his own therapy session, season three is the first based on original scripts rather than adaptations of episodes from the hit Israeli series Be' Tipul. The new show runners, Anya Epstein and Dan Futterman, follow the previous design in assigning the same writer to script for each patient. The only other major thematic difference is the absence of Dianne Wiest, whose Emmy-winning performance as Paul's mentor, supervisor, and therapist was the highlight of seasons one and two. Fortunately her replacement, Amy Ryan, is as capable an actor and strong a foil to give Paul's panoply of problems a whole new arena for discussion (TV vets Epstein and Futterman were responsible for writing the Amy Ryan "Adele" scripts). Anyone who has experienced the psychotherapeutic process cannot help but be instantly drawn in to the show's eloquent design of talk-and-listen, as secrets are told or held back, fears and desires explored or repressed. Even those who are perfectly adjusted and scoff at the value of psychological treatment should be fascinated by the twists and turns that mostly seem entirely naturalistic, and better yet, unexpected. The 50-minute hour that is shortened to 20-something for dramatic purposes may sometimes play against the realistic portrayal of the professional dynamic, but after all, this isn't reality. Even so, the episodes crackle in their basic form as one-act plays that thrive on nothing but two people trading razor-sharp dialogue about who they are and what they're thinking. Paul is still listening, and he's entirely engaged. The flow of each session reflects the depth of his perception as he leads himself and his patient back to points, gestures, and remarks that may have been made in passing, yet which represent the basic spectacle of the therapeutic process and the essential role the therapist has in that relationship. We understand that what goes on in his office affects him as much as his patients. That's where Amy Ryan comes in as the young, brilliant psychiatrist who Paul sees at the end of each week to bare his own tortured soul. He's still terribly depressed. His ex-wife is remarrying, he's plagued with guilt over his 12-year-old son, and he has terrorized himself into believing that he's becoming his father, even to the point of being convinced that he'll die of the same disease (Parkinson's). At first Ryan comes off as the perfect psychiatric ice queen. But as their connection deepens with knowledge, insight, transference, counter-transference, and enthralling exchanges of actorly acrobatics (their butts never leave their seats!), she becomes perhaps the show's most compelling character. She's in great company with Debra Winger as a patient who plays an aging actress (though decidedly not typecast) who finds work elusive and is facing some ordinary family struggles as well. Not only does she look terrific, Winger brings the best game she has to her sparring-match scenes with Byrne. As an anguished gay teen, Dane DeHaan is the weakest character. He's saddled with annoying sexual and adolescent stereotypes that seem to be thrown into the show's mix just for a proper portrayal of patient demographics. Best of all is the Indian actor Irrfan Khan (best known for The Namesake and Slumdog Millionaire) as a maladjusted immigrant whose inscrutable nature fascinates Paul. As the most glaring example of how Paul's relationships with his patients sometimes slip into the inappropriate, the two become friends of sorts, even into the ultimate and unforeseen conclusion of this sensational seasonal thread. In all, In Treatment continues to be an engrossing dramatization of psychotherapy, made human by excellent writing and gripping characterizations. --Ted Fry

• Ring 2, The | DVD | (02/07/2006) from £4.80   |  Saving you £15.19 (316.46%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Rachel and her son relocate to Oregon in this horror sequel - but the evil soon follows.

• Custer of the West | DVD | (01/01/2008) from £18.97   |  Saving you £-12.98 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Custer of the West is a spectacular production based on the tumultuous story of the hero who became a legend, General George Custer (Robert Shaw). Following his service in the Civil War, General George Custer goes West to take over the 7th Cavalry. He is ordered, for political reasons, by General Sheriden (Lawrence Tierney) to drive an Indian tribe off their reservation due to the discovery of gold on their land.Custer of the West probes into General Custer's own thinking and reveals the motivations that sent him on the road to glory and doom.

• Days of Thunder/Top Gun | DVD | (06/10/2008) from £6.89   |  Saving you £1.10 (15.97%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Top Gun: A look at the danger and excitement that awaits every pilot at the Navy's prestigious fighter weapons school: Tom Cruise is superb as Maverick Mitchell a daring young fighter who's out to become the best and Kelly McGillis sizzles as the civilian instructor who teaches Maverick a few things you can't learn in a classroom... Days Of Thunder: Tom Cruise plays race car driver Cole Trickle whose talent and ambition are surpassed only by his burning need to win. Discovered by businessman Tim Daland (Randy Quaid) Cole is teamed with legendary crew chief and car-builder Harry Hogge (Academy Award-winner Robert Duvall) to race for the Winston Cup at the Daytona 500. A fiery crash nearly ends race car driver Cole Trickle's career until he turns to a beautiful doctor (Nicole Kidman) to regain his nerve and true courage needed to race to win and to live.

• Anywhere But Here | DVD | (01/03/2004) from £7.61   |  Saving you £6.64 (104.57%)   |  RRP £12.99

  ""Funny and poignant. Sarandon and Portman sparkle!"" -Jami Bernard NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Adele is a flashy flirtatious dreamer. Her daughter Ann is a quiet no-nonsense realist. On the surface they're like oil and water but deep down they're two of a kind. ""Susan Sarandon makes magic"" (Chicago Tribune) and ""Natalie Portman soars"" (NY-1) in this funny and touching story about a mother who knows best...and a daughter who knows better!

• Addicted To Love | DVD | (25/09/1998) from £5.80   |  Saving you £8.19 (141.21%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Actor-director Griffin Dunne made his filmmaking debut with this ethically ambiguous and not-very-funny movie about a pair of jilted lovers (Meg Ryan and Matthew Broderick) who conspire to break up a relationship between their ex-sweethearts (Tchéky Karyo and Kelly Preston). Part classic screwball comedy, part nightmare along the lines of Martin Scorsese's After Hours (in which Dunne starred), part tribute to Hitchcock's Rear Window, Addicted to Love is all over the map and seriously hampered by the sheer, unwarranted nastiness aimed at the innocent characters played by Karyo and Preston. The DVD release includes production notes, original theatrical trailer, optional widescreen and standard formats, and optional French and Spanish soundtracks. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• Haggard | DVD | (03/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Based on the true story about Ryan Dunn (played by himself) and his ex-girlfriend Glauren (Jenn Rivell) and how she cheated on him. After the break up Glauren is rumoured to have been hooking up with heavy metal Hellboy (Rake Yohn). Ryan enlists the help of his friends Valo (Bam Margera) and Falcone (Brandom Dicamillo) to find out the truth. They do whatever it takes to get the evidence even if it meant breaking into her house. Meanwhile Ryan has run-ins with the law and even gets s

• Dirty Weekend | DVD | (07/08/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Shortly after she moves into her own flat in Brighton Bella finds she is being spied on and generally harassed by a man living across from her. Finally driven to solving the problem with a hammer she realises she is then ready for a crusade against other such problem males.

• The Irish R.M. | DVD | (10/07/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £59.99

  This cracking box set contains every episode from all three series of the comedy drama The Irish RM. Peter Bowles stars in this comic drama series about a retired English army officer who becomes a resident magistrate in turn-of-the-century West Ireland. Living in a ramshackle house surrounded by the community's eccentric inhabitants Major Sinclair Yates struggles to apply judicial logic in a country where in the words of a former Lord Chief Justice ""The inevitable never ha

• Monkey Trouble | DVD | (27/03/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Monkey Trouble is a movie only a kid could love, which was the whole point. Harvey Keitel plays a small-time thief who performs as an organ grinder on the boardwalk at Venice Beach. His scam involves his monkey, which has been trained to pick pockets. Now a mob boss wants to borrow the monkey to pull off some big scores--but the monkey runs away and is adopted by a lonely little girl (Thora Birch). She finds herself in increasingly hot water when her new pet starts bringing her the valuables of everyone in the neighbourhood. Birch is a natural young actress, while Keitel hams it up shamelessly (he reportedly made the film to amuse his young daughter). --Marshall Fine

• Dear Green Place Series 2 | DVD | (12/12/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Dear Green Place Series 2 brings the return of the Glasgow Parkies for another series - six hilarious episodes of the BAFTA award winning sitcom.

• Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer | DVD | (04/06/2012) from £3.95   |  Saving you £12.04 (304.81%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When her best-laid plans for a summer full of fun go comically awry, an imaginative young girl creates her own vacation adventures in Judy Moody and the not Bummer Summer.

• Boys And Girls | DVD | (13/05/2002) from £9.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (60.06%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Behind the generic title of Boys and Girls lies a surprisingly enjoyable and nuanced romantic comedy. Teen heartthrob Freddie Prinze Jr plays Ryan, a dorky, emotionally sincere young guy who keeps crossing paths with Jennifer (Claire Forlani), an independent and wilfully unattached young woman. Their chance meetings coincide with relationship traumas and they start to confide in each other, which leads to a more genuine friendship and, in the midst of their college years, a romance. It's a bit of a stock plot line to have their friendship threatened by sexual attraction, but Boys and Girls has just enough genuine feeling to make it compelling. Meanwhile, Jason Biggs (from American Pie) plays Ryan's roommate, a compulsive liar and would-be scam artist, who carries off some pretty funny scenes. Forlani and Prinze work together quite well. Their performances hearken back to the classic screwball comedies of the 1930s, with the repressed male simultaneously attracted and horrified by a footloose dame. Some kooky moments are a little strained, but at other times the movie has a refreshing realism about human emotions. --Bret Fetzer, Amazon.com

• Harry Wild - Series 1 | DVD | (17/04/2023) from £22.15   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Longest Day | DVD | (09/05/2005) from £7.19   |  Saving you £5.80 (80.67%)   |  RRP £12.99

  On June 6 1944 the Allied Invasion of France marked the beginning of the end of Nazi domination over Europe. The attack involved 3 000 000 men 11 000 planes and 4 000 ships comprising the largest armada the world has ever seen. Presented in the original black & white version The Longest Day is a vivid hour-by-hour re-creation of this historic event. Featuring a stellar international cast and told from the perspectives of both sides it is a fascinating look at the massive pre

• It Could Happen to You/My Best Friend's Wedding/Sleepless... | DVD | (26/12/2006) from £8.54   |  Saving you £6.45 (75.53%)   |  RRP £14.99

  It Could Happen to You: (1994) Warm-hearted cop Charlie Lang (Nicholas Cage) lives in Queens with socially ambitious wife Muriel (Rosie Perez) faithfully completing his lottery ticket every week. Charlie's life changes forever when he walks into the caf where bankrupt waitress Yvonne Biasi (Bridget Fonda) brings him a cup of coffee. Realising he has no money for a tip Charlie promises Yvonne that if he wins the lottery he'll give her half the prize. Amazingly they win - to the tune of $4 million! Muriel is furious when Charlie insists on keeping his promise but when she reluctantly agrees the whole of New York celebrates. But they soon find that money brings out both the best and worse in people and that instant fortune and fame has changes their lives forever... My Best Friend's Wedding: (1997) Roberts' dazzles as commitment-shy Julianne Potter who suddenly realises she is in love with her best friend Michael (Dermot Mulroney). There's just one catch - he's about to marry someone else. Now she has to win him back and with just four days the help of her resourceful boss (Rupert Everett) and the benefits of an extremely devious mind Jules will do anything to steal him back - except tell him the honest truth! Sleepless In Seattle: (1993) Sam Baldwin (Tom Hanks) is a widowed father who thanks to the wiles of his worried son becomes a reluctant guest on a radio call-in show. He's an instant hit with thousands of female listeners who deluge his Seattle home with letters of comfort. Meanwhile inspired in equal parts by Sam's story and by classic Hollywood romance writer Annie Reed (Meg Ryan) becomes convinced that it's her destiny to meet Sam. There are just two problems: Annie's engaged to someone else and Sam doesn't know that they're made for each other.

• Ben 10 - Alien Swarm | DVD | (11/10/2010) from £8.90   |  Saving you £7.09 (79.66%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Since Ben Tennyson discovered the Omnitrix he's used it to turn into a multitude of different alien heroes each with unique abilities. Now Earth is threatened by a new alien invasion and Ben will need all his powers - and all his friends - to save the day.

• Ballad Of Jack And Rose | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £8.75   |  Saving you £11.24 (128.46%)   |  RRP £19.99

  An isolated father and daughter grapple with the limits of family and sexuality.

• Apollo 18 | Blu Ray | (26/12/2011) from £8.99   |  Saving you £16.00 (177.98%)   |  RRP £24.99

  There's a reason why we've never returned to the moon - as this sci-fi horror demonstrates!

• A Bridge Too Far Steelbook | Blu Ray | (02/06/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Painstakingly recreated on actual World War II battlefield locations and boasting a remarkable cast that includes Sean Connery Anthony Hopkins Robert Redford and Laurence Olivier A Bridge Too Far accurately recaptures the monumental scope excitement and danger behind Operation Market Garden - one of the biggest military gambles in history.