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• Heidi | DVD | (01/06/2009) from £8.59   |  Saving you £7.40 (86.15%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The iconic children's tale gets an movie update in this version which stars Max Von Sydow.

• The Day the Earth Stood Still | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £9.15   |  Saving you £0.84 (9.18%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The very epitome of a cult SF classic, The Day the Earth Stood Still is more often referenced than seen, which is a pity since it remains even now one of the most thought-provoking examples of the genre. The title is a misnomer, a mere tease to entice 1950s audiences into the cinema in the expectation of seeing another sensationalist B-movie about murderous aliens (i.e. Communists). In fact, Robert Wise's film of Edmund North's screenplay is a thoughtful Cold War allegory about a Christ-like visitor (Michael Rennie) who comes to Earth preaching a message of salvation for mankind, only to be spurned, killed then finally resurrected (significantly, Rennie's character Klaatu adopts the pseudonym "Mr Carpenter" while on the run from the authorities). Aside from its philosophical message, the film also boasts memorable imagery--notably the giant robot Gort--a much-quoted catchphrase in "Klaatu barada nikto", and one of composer Bernard Herrmann's most admired scores, featuring the theremin and other electronic instruments that must have sounded very otherworldly back in 1951. The result is a bona fide landmark in cinema SF with a central message about "weapons of mass destruction" that's still uncannily relevant today. On the DVD: The Day the Earth Stood Still has been splendidly restored for its DVD incarnation from the original 35 mm print, and the results are demonstrated in the "Restoration Comparison" feature. Also included is a fascinating 1951 newsreel showing Klaatu receiving a certificate of merit amid stories of Communist threats, the Korean war and beauty pageants ("Pomp and pulchritude on parade in Atlantic City"). Best of all is an absorbing commentary track with director Robert Wise in conversation with Nicholas Meyer (both men have Star Trek movies on their CV). --Mark Walker

• The Gruffalo's Child - Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler Collection | DVD | (11/02/2019) from £10.34   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  This collection brings together the much-loved family films based on the wonderful books written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. The Gruffalo's Child is the tale of the brave little Gruffalo who ignores her father's warnings and tiptoes out into the snow in search of the Big Bad Mouse. She meets Snake, Owl and Fox but no sign of the fabled Mouse. He doesn't really exist... or does he? Featuring the voices of Helena Bonham Carter, Rob Brydon, Robbie Coltrane, James Corden, Shirley Henderson, John Hurt and Tom Wilkinson. Also available in the collection: The Gruffalo, Room On The Broom, Stick Man, The Highway Rat and Zog.

• Boys on Film 24: Happy Endings | Blu Ray | (15/04/2024) from £11.89   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The final edition of Peccadillo Pictures' long-running series of the best new gay short films.

• Porridge | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £5.85   |  Saving you £4.14 (70.77%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Times are hard for habitual guest of Her Majesty Norman Stanley Fletcher (Ronnie Barker). The new prison officer Beale makes Mackay (Fulton Mackay) look soft and what's more an escape plan is hatching from the cell of prison godfather Grouty and Fletcher wants no part of it. The breakout is set for the day of a morale-raising football match between a ""celebrity"" football team and the inmates of Slade. Everything is going to plan until Godber (Richard Beckinsale) is injured on th

• The Piano | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £6.20   |  Saving you £9.79 (157.90%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Jane Campion's The Piano struck a deep chord (if you'll excuse the expression) with audiences in 1993, who were mesmerised by the film's rich, dreamlike imagery. It is the story of a Scottish woman named Ada (Holly Hunter), who has been mute since age 6 because she simply chose not to speak. Ada travels with her daughter Flora (Anna Paquin) and her beloved piano to a remote spot on the coast of New Zealand for an arranged marriage to a farmer (Sam Neill). She gives piano lessons to a gruff neighbor (Harvey Keitel) who has Maori tattoos on his face, and, well, things develop from there. The picture takes on a powerful dream logic that simply defies synopsis. It's a breathtakingly beautiful and original achievement from Campion, a unique stylist. The Piano won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and Oscars for Hunt, Paquin and Campion's screenplay. --Jim Emerson

• The Piano | DVD | (06/02/2006) from £6.95   |  Saving you £13.04 (187.63%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Ada her nine-year-old daughter and her piano arrive to an arranged marriage in the remote bush of nineteenth century New Zealand. Of all her belongings her husband refuses to transport the piano and it is left behind on the beach. Unable to bear its certain destruction Ada strikes a bargain with an illiterate tattooed neighbour. She may earn her piano back if she allows him to do certain things while she plays; one black key for a lesson. The arrangement draws all three deeper in

• Mission Without Permission | DVD | (18/10/2004) from £6.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (128.76%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Mission Impossible y'know for kids! This Hollywood remake of the Danish blockbuster 'Klatretosen' sees 12 year old Maddy (Kristen Stewart) and her friends using all their skills to raise money (by 'appropriating' money from a bank's vault protected by hi-tech security!) for an operation that may help Maddy's father walk again...

• Dead Of Night | DVD | (28/10/2013) from £3.98   |  Saving you £13.27 (487.87%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The adventures of supernatural private eye Dylan Dog who seeks out the monsters of the Louisiana bayou in his signature red shirt black jacket and blue jeans.

• Mask - Director's Cut (Blu-Ray) | Blu Ray | (26/02/2018) from £10.35   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Based on a true story, a boy with a massive facial deformity and his biker gang mother attempt to live as normal a life as possible under the circumstances. Two cuts of this film exist: the original theatrical version runs 120 minutes, was rated R and features songs performed by Bob Seger; the extended director's cut runs 127 minutes, is unrated, and includes an alternate soundtrack by Bruce Springsteen. Both versions were released on DVD.

• Hacksaw Ridge Blu Ray | Blu Ray | (22/05/2017) from £6.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  HACKSAW RIDGE is the epic and inspiring true story of Desmond Doss (Andrew Garfield; The Amazing Spider-Man franchise) an army medic and conscientious objector who, during the bloodiest battle of World War II, saved 75 men without firing or carrying a gun. Also starring Sam Worthington (Avatar), Vince Vaughn (True Detective), Hugo Weaving (The Hobbit franchise) and Teresa Palmer (Triple 9).

• True Blood - Season 4 (HBO) | DVD | (21/05/2012) from £14.99   |  Saving you £25.00 (166.78%)   |  RRP £39.99

  As if vampires, werewolves, werepanthers and shapeshifters weren't enough, Sookie Stackhouse and her allies in Bon Temps are about to face another round of otherworldly threats. It's time to bare your fangs for Season Four of this acclaimed HBO drama series that continues the story of this human/fairy waitress with telepathic gifts and an irresistible attraction to a vampire named Bill Compton. Though the bloody threat of Russell Edgington may have passed (for now), fresh trouble is brewing in Bon Temps...and many questions remain unanswered.

• The Hunt For Red October | Blu Ray | (11/10/2021) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Based on Tom Clancy's bestseller and starring Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin, The Hunt For Red October seethes with state-of-the-art excitement and sweats with the tension of men who hold doomsday in their hands. A new, technologically superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius (Connery). The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack, but a lone CIA analyst, Jack Ryan (Baldwin), has a different belief: Ramius is planning to defect. But Ryan has only a few precious hours to locate him and prove it because the entire Russian Naval and Air Commands are trying to find him, too. With international peace at stake and time running out The Hunt is On!

• Silent Witness Series 3-4 | DVD | (08/03/2010) from £10.89   |  Saving you £14.10 (129.48%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Forensic pathologist Dr Sam Ryan (Amanda Burton) has an all-embracing passionate notion of justice. Driven almost obsessional her crusade and tenacity sometimes leads her to conduct her own enquires outside the laboratory uncovering new evidence that dramatically alters the course of police investigations. This can lead to trouble - both in her personal and professional lives but to Sam each dead body deserves nothing but the truth....

• 'allo 'allo: The Complete Series 1-9 | DVD | (02/11/2015) from £26.65   |  Saving you £-11.66 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The complete series of the BBC comedy.

• Eileen | Blu Ray | (25/03/2024) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In 1964 Massachusetts, a young secretary becomes enchanted by Rebecca, the glamorous new counsellor at the prison where she works. Their budding friendship soon takes a twisted turn when Rebecca reveals a dark secret.Directed by William Oldroyd and stars Thomasin McKenzie and Anne Hathaway.

• The Dish | DVD | (12/11/2001) from £10.18   |  Saving you £3.81 (37.43%)   |  RRP £13.99

  This offbeat Australian comedy is based on the real life events of 1969, when a huge satellite dish in the middle of a sheep paddock in Australia was used to pick up the TV signals from the first moon landing!

• The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then The Bigfoot | DVD | (06/05/2019) from £9.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  NOTICE: Polish Release, cover may contain Polish text/markings. The disk DOES NOT have English audio and subtitles.

• The Killer | Blu Ray | (14/04/2025) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Legendary action director John Woo (Face/Off, Mission: Impossible II) returns with a radical reimagining of his 1989 Hong Kong classic, The Killer. Zee (Nathalie Emmanuel), a mysterious and infamous assassin known as the Queen of the Dead in the Parisian underworld, becomes the centre of a manhunt when she refuses an assignment from her shadowy handler (Sam Worthington) to murder a blind woman. Her decision sets off a series of events that will disintegrate Zee's alliances, attract the attention of a determined police detective (Omar Sy) and plunge her into a sinister criminal conspiracy that puts her on a collision course with her own past.

• A Star is Born | Blu Ray | (11/02/2019) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A Star is Born, stars four-time Oscar nominee Bradley Cooper ( American Sniper, American Hustle, Silver Linings Playbook ) and multiple award-winning, Oscar-nominated music superstar Lady Gaga, in her first leading role in a major motion picture. Cooper helms the film, marking his directorial debut. In this new take on the tragic love story, he plays seasoned musician Jackson Maine, who discovers-and falls in love with-struggling artist Ally (Gaga). She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer... until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as Ally's career takes off, the personal side of their relationship is breaking down, as Jack fights an ongoing battle with his own internal demons. Extras: The Road to Stardom: Making A Star Is Born Jam Sessions and Rarities: Baby What You Want Me to Do (Jam Session) Jam Sessions and Rarities: Midnight Special (Jam Session) Jam Sessions and Rarities: Is That Alright by Lady Gaga Music Videos: Shallow Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper Music Videos: Always Remember Us This Way by Lady Gaga Music Videos: Look What I Found by Lady Gaga Music Videos: I'll Never Love Again by Lady Gaga