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• Micawber | DVD | (12/05/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Micawber was ITV's big weapon in the Christmas 2001 television ratings war. With its gritty recreation of Dickensian London and David Jason--a name guaranteed to attract viewers regardless of the programme--in the title role it certainly had all the hallmarks of blockbusting television drama. Jason is certainly a fine Micawber, wringing every ounce of pathos and relentless optimism from one of Dickens' most well loved characters. And he is ably abetted by Annabelle Apsion as his put-upon wife who stands by him through thick and thin and who "never will desert him". The trouble is that if you're going to lift a familiar fictional character out of his original context and give him a whole new life and set of adventures, they really have to match or improve on the original. And Micawber has already been through so much during the course of David Copperfield that stretching him across four episodes and a plot which can only really offer a series of variations on the original theme doesn't give much room for development or dramatic impact. In the writer's corner, Jason's long-term collaborator John Sullivan (creator of Only Fools and Horses) makes a valiant attempt to generate some authentic Dickensian atmosphere. Touches of authentic Victoriana abound in the backstage theatre scenes, a dancing bear, the pawn shop and the highly imaginative flashbacks to the source of Micawber's straightened state. The script tends to combine gritty costume drama with modern comedy in an occasionally uneasy mixture; sometimes we see the ghosts of Del Boy or Pa Larkin rather than Dickens' hapless, pathetic but great-hearted victim of circumstance. But fans of Jason won't complain and there's enough soul in the story to make it compelling. --Piers Ford

• 2001 - A Space Travesty | DVD | (05/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Leslie Nielson once again plays a bumbling detective in the vein of the 'Naked Gun' movies but this time as Marshall Richard 'Dick' Dix. When odd reports are received through official channels stating that the President of the United States is being held captive on a secret international moon base called Vegan and that he has been replaced on Earth by a clone the US Marshall Service immediately send in their 'best' man Dix on the mission. Dix travels to Vegan to rescue the Preside

• Barbara: The Complete Third Series | DVD | (23/05/2011) from £25.63   |  Saving you £-5.64 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Developed from a pilot screening in ITVs 1995 Comedy Firsts season this acclaimed sitcom casts Gwen Taylor as Barbara Liversidge a blunt-talking heftily opinionated advice-giving occasionally ranting Yorkshirewoman. Sam Kelly (Porridge) is Ted Barbara's cab-driver husband of 35 years and a man who learned long ago to play second fiddle while Sherrie Hewson (Coronation Street) is her nouveau-riche sister Jean the victim of many a withering look and practised put-down; Mark Benton (Land Girls) stars as Barbara's son-in-law Martin Pond a TV presenter with his very own show Pond Life and a fan club that now extends to two.

• Crimes Of The Heart | DVD | (08/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Crimes Of The Heart tells the story of three eccentric southern sisters - Lenny (Diane Keaton) Meg (Jessica Lange)and Babe (Sissy Spacek) whose lives reunite after a long separation. Lenny the eldest has never married and cares for her ailing grandfather. Meg has had a string of boyfriends and an underwhelming singing career. Babe the youngest is fresh out of jail having shot her husband. Given the family's long history of adultery scandal and tragedy including their mothe

• Ed And His Dead Mother | DVD | (24/04/2006) from £25.00   |  Saving you £-12.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Poor Ed. He really loved his mother and did his heart break when she passed away... But a traveling salesman told Ed that he had an inexpensive potion that could resurrect his mom. So Ed pushed aside his suspicions and decided to try it. Lo and behold his mother came back to life. Now that she's alive again however there's something odd about her. She runs she makes enormous pots of soup she sleeps in the refrigerator. Time to discuss that maintenance contract with that salesman

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Vol. 5 and 6 | DVD | (23/08/2004) from £19.12   |  Saving you £-6.13 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Episode titles: Notes From The Underground Parts One Two and Three The King Shredder Strikes Back Parts One and Two Tales of Leo.

• Resurrection | DVD | (01/09/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The Moto GP sports bag is perfect for taking to the gym. The bag is a good size and includes a wet compartment which is great for storing a damp towel or clothing after a visit to the gym. This sports bag has a padded, adjustable strap for comfort.

• Gettin' Square | DVD | (17/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Gettin' Square is about startin' over keepin' clean and goin' straight. Barry Wirth (Sam Worthington) is fresh out of prison and determined to stay on the straight and narrow. But like his mate Johnny Spit Spiteri and reformed gangster turned restaurateur Dabba he finds out the hard way that there are old scores and a few new ones that'll make gettin' square a lot harder than he thought. Gettin' Square is the most award-nominated Australian film in 25 years - it has been acclaimed by critics and loved by audiences. David Wenham's side-splitting performance as the loveable and hapless Johnny Spiteri saw him win the Best Actor category in every major Australian film award through 2003. The superb ensemble cast also includes the critically acclaimed Timothy Spall and one of Australia's finest actors Gary Sweet.

• Palookaville | DVD | (02/10/2000) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-4.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Rus Jerry and Sid are desperate men. Broke and unemployed they're three not-so-wise guys whose get rich quick schemes never seem to go quite right. But their luck could be about to change. The trio decide to hit an armoured car and this time the plan is foolproof or so they'd like to believe....

• Epic Adventures Boxset | DVD | (12/04/2010) from £16.16   |  Saving you £-6.17 (-61.80%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Titles Comrpise: Jason and the Argonauts Merlin The Odyssey

• Raw Deal SteelBook UHD BD | Blu Ray | (24/10/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Newly restored in striking 4K, the ruthless 80s action classic RAW DEAL starring Arnold Schwarzenegger (Total Recall, Red Heat) is back. with a limited edition SteelBook. Dishonoured and forcibly retired from the FBI on grounds of excessive brutality, Mark Kaminski (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is demoted to being a Sheriff in a small town, where his wife heads straight for the bottle and his career goes nowhere. However, when the son of an old friend, Agent Harry Shannon (Darren McGavin), is killed whilst guarding a mob informant against the criminal outfit led by Luigi Patrovita (Sam Wanamaker), Kaminski is given a second chance. Charged with infiltrating and single-handedly bringing down the mobsters from within without the protection of the FBI, Kaminski assumes a new identity and must resist the temptations of the mysterious Monique (Kathryn Harrold) and maintain his cover, with his eyes on the biggest prize of all - reinstatement and thus a return to the life that was taken away from him. Arnold Schwarzenegger - The Man Who Raised Hollywood Raw Deal - a Generic Gangster Movie Original Trailer

• Shakedown | DVD | (21/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A highly trained terrorist cell led by the fanatic St. Joy (Ron Perlman) invades a high security bank seeking a stolen biological weapon of apocalyptic effect. Suddenly an immense earthquake shakes Los Angeles trapping Julie (Erika Eleniak) and the criminals inside. As aftershocks rip through the city Julie finds herself cut off from any outside aid except for a lone undercover FBI agent Alex McKay (Wolf Larsen) trapped with her. Overhead F16 jets circle the city ready to incinerate the deadly virus in a nuclear fireball awaiting the authorisation of General Wolf (Fred Dryer). Now Julie and Alex are all that stand between the terrorists and their deadly goal. A biological nightmare even worse than the earthquake tearing the city apart!

• The Thief Of Bagdad | DVD | (25/02/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Dating from 1924 this Thief of Bagdad is justifiably billed here as "one of the truly great silent films of the 1920s." As the forerunner of generations of magical, effect-laden fantasy epics, its importance is practically immeasurable. And still, after eight decades, it has startling, thrilling qualities which the finest computer graphics would struggle to surpass. Douglas Fairbanks, co-founder of United Artists, is the eponymous hero, swindling, fighting and leaping his way to true love through a series of adventures which take him from a magnificently surreal Bagdad to enchanted forests, ocean bottoms and magic carpet rides. "Happiness must be earned," is the motto; Fairbanks and his director Raoul Walsh certainly don't short-change their audience in bringing it to life. The effects are stunning, with a particularly gruesome slaying of a monster. Every scene is crammed with detail and incident. Fairbanks is a whirlwind of muscular, balletic flamboyance. And while his princess (Julanne Johnson) is a stereotype of vapidity, there's gleamingly malevolent support from Anna May Wong as the evil Mongol Slave Girl. Over two hours of sheer enjoyment belie the notion that cinematic sophistication is a modern achievement. On the DVD: The Thief of Bagdad disc presents the restored and remastered print (the tints have a luminous quality) complete with a 1975 score by master organist Gaylord Carter--you can almost feel the Wurlitzer rising from the pit of your entertainment centre. The audio essay, written by film historian R Dixon Smith, is an invaluable extra, providing essential information on how the picture was made and how the art designers played with proportion to create many of the visual tricks and a fantastical atmosphere. --Piers Ford

• Spider-Man / Charlie's Angels / Vertical Limit | DVD | (17/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Spider-Man (1 Disc Edition): Peter Parker (Maguire) was a shy quite nerdy teenager...until he was bitten by a genetically altered spider. Now with the heightened senses and incredible strengths and abilities of a spider Parker has become the amazing Spider-Man. Charlie's Angels: Cameron Diaz Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu are Charlie''s Angels - a trio of elite private investigators who with the latest in high-tech gadgets martial arts techniques and a vast array of disguises unleash their state of the art skills on land sea and air. Their goal to track down a kidnapped billionaire-to-be and keep his top-secret voice identification software out of his lethal hands. Aided by their faithful lieutenant Bosley (Bill Murray) and under the sure hand of their suave playboy boss notorious for his clever ways of avoiding face-to-face meetings the girls must foil an elaborate murder-revenge plot that could destroy individual privacy and corporate security worldwide. Adventure has never been more beautiful! Vertical Limit: An emotionally-charged action-adventure tale of a retired climber (Chris O''Donnell) who must launch a treacherous and extraordinary rescue effort up K2 the world''s second highest peak to save his estranged sister and her summit team in a race against time....

• Fantasy Swordplay Collection | DVD | (14/02/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Moon Warriors (1993): Beautifully shot by renowned cinematographer Arthur Wong 'Moon Warriors' is an emotive impassioned tale of a deposed Prince and his heroic quest to rescue his people from an empire soaked in the blood of tyranny. Showcasing some of the best dramatic swordplay sequences to emerge from three decades of action cinema 'Moon Warriors' also features an all-star cast including Andy Lau Maggie Cheung and Anita Mui. The Swordsman (1990): Resplendent ima

• The Piano (Criterion Collection) | Blu Ray | (25/01/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Legacy | DVD | (16/07/2012) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  After travelling to England at the request of a mysterious patron, Maggie Walsh (Katharine Ross, The Graduate) and her boyfriend Pete (Sam Elliott, The Big Lebowski) are involved in an accident. They're invited to recuperate at a huge country mansion, but they are not the only guests.Five others have gathered, some of the most powerful people in the world. Soon they will start dying, killed by an unknown power. An ancient evil is stirring and Maggie will uncover a dreadful truth.Directed by Richard Marquand (Return of the Jedi) and co-starring Roger Daltrey of The Who, The Legacy is a classic modern-day gothic chiller, richly atmospheric and deliciously creepy.

• Man Of The Frontier | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £3.49   |  Saving you £0.50 (14.33%)   |  RRP £3.99

• Overlord | DVD | (03/03/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Seamlessly interweaving archival war footage and a fictional narrative Stuart Cooper's immersive account of one 20-year-old's journey from basic training to the battle front lines at D-day brings all the terrors and isolation of war to its viewers with jolting authenticity. Overlord impressionistically shot by Stanley Kubrick's longtime cinematographer John Alcott is both a document of WWII and a dreamlike meditation on man's smallness in a large incomprehensible machine.

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles Forever | DVD | (18/04/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles meet The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!!?? What the SHELL is going on? In this brand new animated feature-length adventure the turtles from one dimension meet the turtles from another when a teleporting mishap occurs. So Leonardo Raphael Michelangelo and Donatello must join forces with their near identical counterparts and work together to fix the trans-dimensional debacle. Standing in their way however are Shredder and Ch'rell who have plans to eliminate the turtles once and for all! As their worlds collide the turtles come face to face with classic characters such as Casey and April plus a slew of enemies including Krang Hun the Foot Soldiers the Purple Dragons Bebop and Rocksteady. A brand new TMNT series comes to Nickelodeon later this year ahead of Michael Bay's live-action re-boot of the franchise due to hit cinemas worldwide in 2012.