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• The Railway Children | DVD | (14/04/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Railway Children (1970) and Swallows and Amazons (1974) are perfect bedfellows: two classic children's novels, simply and faithfully adapted for the big screen. Together they evoke a poignant nostalgia for the periods in which they are set--Edwardian and 1920s England, respectively--and for the childhood of anyone who has grown up watching them. Sentimentality reigns, of course, but it's never cloying. The truthfulness of the juvenile performances, balanced with restrained sympathy from the adults, sees to that. Flourishing under Lionel Jeffries' delicate direction, Jenny Agutter dominates The Railway Children as the oldest daughter of a family thrown on hard times when their father is wrongly sent to prison. They avert a train disaster, save an imperilled steeple chaser and reunite an exiled Russian with his wife, all with equal enterprise. Happy endings prevail after every crisis. And no number of repeat viewings can ever diminish the impact of father's return. One of the most expert tear-duct work-outs in film history, it hits the spot every time. Perhaps the lack of such a pivotal scene has kept Swallows and Amazons in the relative shade. But its gentle appeal survives with equal charm, not least in the resourcefulness of the eponymous children and the period detail. Together this pairing makes a double bill to treasure, and a piquant reminder that Disney doesn't have a complete monopoly on the rich heritage of children's cinema. On the DVD: The Railway Children and Swallows and Amazons is presented in standard 4:3 picture format, from so-so prints, and with acceptable mono soundtracks. Both films envelope the viewer in a comforting Sunday-afternoon haze. There are no extras, apart from scene indexes. --Piers Ford

• Bodyguard | DVD | (01/10/2018) from £12.25   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Set in and around the corridors of power, Bodyguard tells the story of David Budd (Richard Madden), a heroic but volatile war veteran now working as a Specialist Protection Officer for the Royalty and Specialist Protection Branch (RaSP) of London's Metropolitan Police Service. When he is assigned to protect the ambitious and powerful Home Secretary Julia Montague (Keeley Hawes), Budd finds himself torn between his duty and his beliefs. Responsible for her safety, could he become her biggest threat?

• Chiller - The Complete Series | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  With John Simm, Martin Clunes, Phyllis Logan, Sophie Ward, Nigel Havers and Kevin McNally featuring among its combined casts, and novelists and screenwriters Anthony Horowitz (Foyle's War) and Stephen Gallagher (Bugs, Murder Rooms) among the writers, this acclaimed five-part contemporary horror/fantasy anthology could not be anything other than compelling viewing. Chiller also features the direction and production talents of Lawrence Gordon Clark - best known for his direction of the BBC's classic Ghost Story for Christmas thread during the early 1970s. This set contains the complete series, originally screened in 1995. Prophecy A woman takes part in a séance with some friends. Five years later, disaster begins to overtake them. Can she discover the source of the destructive power? Toby A pregnant woman loses her unborn child in a car crash. On becoming pregnant again, she is convinced that she is haunted by his malignant spirit. Mirror Man A young homeless man is compelled by a mysterious friend to murder the elderly social worker who is trying to help him. The Man Who Didn't Believe In Ghosts A writer who regards the supernatural with cynicism moves into a supposedly haunted house. He sets out to prove ghosts do not exist. Number Six In Helsby, a small Yorkshire town, police are desperately searching for the child killer who strikes at full moon.

• Evelyn | DVD | (22/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Pierce Brosnan stars in this true-life Irish drama as a father whose children are taken from him by the state when his wife abandons her family.

• Young Sherlock Holmes And The Pyramid Of Fear | DVD | (02/02/2004) from £11.98   |  Saving you £7.00 (77.86%)   |  RRP £15.99

  What would have happened if Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson had met as schoolboys? Why the solution is elementary - nothing but adventure! And that's just what director Barry Levinson gives us in this special effects spectacular that sends the super-sleuth on his very first case! When a plague of bizarre puzzling murders grip London young Holmes and his new found friend Watson find themselves unwittingly entangled in the dark mystery. So 'the fame is afoot!' And the budding detect

• The Shell Seekers | DVD | (24/02/2003) from £8.93   |  Saving you £-2.94 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Penelope Keeling is reaching her early seventies and has suffered a mild heart attack. She decides it is time to reflect on her life and to mend the troubled relationships she has with her three children. But she has not counted on the revealing power of her beloved painting 'The Shell Seekers'. When her children discover that the family portrait is a valuable commodity Penelope begins to see a new and ugly side to their personalities. Do they really care about her? Or are they too wrapped up in themselves? Penelope is forced to make some difficult decisions about what is important to her and what is best for her children.

• Dinotopia - The Series | DVD | (18/08/2003) from £38.95   |  Saving you £-3.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Karl his brother David and their father Frank are all stranded in Dinotopia after a plane accident. It's here that dinosaurs and humans live in perfect harmony but beneath the surface dangers are brewing....

• Devil Beneath | DVD | (29/05/2023) from £6.19   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Young Soul Rebels | DVD | (26/10/2009) from £18.05   |  Saving you £1.94 (10.75%)   |  RRP £19.99

  From the acclaimed artist and filmmaker Issac Julien comes this powerful drama set on an East London housing estate in the summer of 1977. Focussing on Chris and Caz a pair of pirate radio DJs living amongst punks and skinheads Julien's film explores the social and sexual tensions that arise in a community following the murder of a local black gay man.

• The Chronicles Of Narnia - Prince Caspian / Voyage Of The Dawn Treader | DVD | (11/10/2004) from £8.08   |  Saving you £-2.09 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Two adventures adapted from the timeless novels of C.S. Lewis. Prince Caspian: Evil King Miraz and his Queen Prunaprisma are making plans to take over the kingdom. Heir to the throne Prince Caspian is forced to flee to safety... Voyage Of The Dawn Treader: Edmund Lucy and Eustace travel to Narnia to help King Caspian find the seven missing Lords of Narnia...

• Young Soul Rebels | DVD | (02/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Summer 1977 the week of the Queen's Silver Jubilee. Passion is in the air of the dark blue London sky. TJ is out cruising the park for love and is murdered. A beatbox lying in the bushes is the only clue... Soul mates since childhood Chris and Caz are two young black disc jockeys who run the coolest pirate radio station in town Soul Patrol. The skins on Chris's housing estate mock him and Caz; they envy their black soul boy style. However Chris has ambitions beyond the pirat

• Don't Let Him In | DVD | (29/10/2012) from £3.49   |  Saving you £6.50 (65.10%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Heading off for a weekend in the country, Paige - Calvin reluctantly allow Calvin's brash younger sister to bring along Tristan, an arrogant city trader she's picked up in a one-night stand; but when the group learn a brutal serial killer is terrorising the area, Paige must confront the disturbing truth about Tristan.

• Break My Fall | DVD | (10/10/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Kanchi Wichmann's blistering film debut explores a metropolitan underbelly that thrives with life and danger, whose lost souls flit between midnight raves and morning fry-ups. In this maelstrom are girlfriends Liza and Sally, and their gay best friends Kyle and Vin. They have a band to pull together and a birthday to celebrate, yet over the space of three heady nights in the party capital, their lives will change forever.Featuring music from rising stars of the UK independent music scene - Micachu, Plug, Wet Dog, Peggy Sue, Sam Amant, Alan MX, old favourites The Raincoats, Scout Niblett and Numbers and of course Sally and Liza's band Blanket!

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Mozart - Cosi Fan Tutte | DVD | (19/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

• Who Killed Bambi? | DVD | (22/08/2005) from £6.59   |  Saving you £13.40 (203.34%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A beautiful nursing student starts to investigate when patients start to disappear from their rooms.

• Jackanory Junior | DVD | (11/08/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  A collection of Jackanory stories for the younger viewers. The new Jackanory Junior series brings book illustrations to life using animation and 'green screen' to place the story teller on the page interacting with the story landscape. Elements of the books' illustrations also appear as animations in the studio ranging from lazy cats lounging on walls and butterflies flitting around a jungle clearing to a plague of elves in an ordinary kitchen.

• Man Who Lived At The Ritz | DVD | (31/05/2004) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-9.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  Paris under the Nazis. Our hero is an American art student living at The Ritz Hotel. Suddenly he is trapped by the German occupation and finds The Ritz over-run by Nazis. Torn between his desire to keep his room at this elegant hotel but at the price of helping a morphine crazed Goering requisition France's priceless art treasures and his desire to help his friends fight against the brutality of the Nazi regime Phillip Webber is caught ever deeper into a web of intrigue romance gl

• The Set Up | DVD | (09/10/2006) from £7.82   |  Saving you £9.43 (143.75%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A fast-paced dark and edgy thriller following the story of Mitchell Willow small-time loser who starts doing jobs for local hard case Eddie Heaver. Heaver likes to think he's big time until he double-crosses underworld figurehead Mr Wernside and puts himself and Willow on the wrong side of London gangland enforcer Travan.

• Do I Love You? | DVD | (15/09/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Writer-director Lisa Gornick stars in this charming and offbeat romantic comedy which takes a wry look at London lesbian life. Our narrator Marina (Gornick) is caught up in the midst of a thirty-something crisis after breaking up with girlfriend Romy (Raquel Cassidy). She starts to question her entire life embarking on a philosophical journey to make sense of her intricately woven community of lovers family and friends. As she cycles through London looking for answers chance encounters with friends ex-lovers and the occasional stranger present her with an ensemble of people all stumbling through crises of their own. This is a sparking philosophical comedy about life and all the questions it throws at you and a vibrant exploration of love life and its labels.