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• The Dark | DVD | (11/09/2006) from £6.12   |  Saving you £12.87 (210.29%)   |  RRP £18.99

  Grieving parents are haunted by visions of their missing child in this chilling thriller.

• The World Is Not Enough | Blu Ray | (17/04/2019) from £5.39   |  Saving you £14.36 (395.59%)   |  RRP £17.99

  In his 19th screen outing The World is Not Enough, Ian Fleming's super-spy is once again caught in the crosshairs of a self-created dilemma: as the longest-running feature-film franchise, James Bond is an annuity his producers want to protect, yet the series' consciously formulaic approach frustrates any real element of surprise beyond the rote application of plot twists or jump cuts to shake up the audience. This time out, credit 007's caretakers for making some visible attempts to invest their principal characters with darker motives--and blame them for squandering The World is Not Enough's initial promise by the final reel. By now, Bond pictures are as elegantly formal as a Bach chorale, and this one opens on an unusually powerful note. A stunning pre-title sequence reaches beyond mere pyrotechnics to introduce key plot elements as the action leaps from Bilbao to London. Pierce Brosnan undercuts his usually suave persona with a darker, more brutal edge largely absent since Sean Connery departed. Equally tantalising are our initial glimpses of Bond's nemesis du jour, Renard (Robert Carlyle), and imminent love interest, Elektra King (Sophie Marceau), both atypically complex characters cast with seemingly shrewd choices and directed by the capable Michael Apted. The story's focus on post-Soviet geopolitics likewise starts off on a savvy note, before being overtaken by increasingly Byzantine plot twists, hidden motives and reversals of loyalty superheated by relentless (if intermittently perfunctory) action sequences. Bond's grimmer demeanour, while preferable to the smirk that eventually swallowed Roger Moore whole, proves wearying, unrelieved by any true wit. The underlying psychoses that propel Renard and Elektra eventually unravel into unconvincing melodrama, while Bond is supplied with a secondary love object, Denise Richards, who is even more improbable as a nuclear physicist. Ultimately, this world is not enough despite its better intentions. --Sam Sutherland, Amazon.com On the DVD: There are three different documentaries on this disc, as well as a "Secrets of 007" featurette that cuts between specific stunt sequences, behind-the-scenes footage and storyboards to reveal how it was all done, and a short video tribute to Desmond Llewelyn ("Q"), who died not long after this movie was released. The first "making of" piece is presented by an annoyingly chirpy American woman and is aimed squarely at the MTV market (most fascinating is watching her interview with Denise Richards in which the two orthodontically enhanced ladies attempt to out-smile each other). "Bond Cocktail" gamely distils all the essential ingredients that make up the classic Bond movie formula--gadgets, girls, exotic locations and lots of action. Most interesting of all is "Bond Down River", a lengthy dissection of the opening boat chase sequence. Director Michael Apted provides the first commentary, and talks about the challenges of delivering all the requisite ingredients. The second commentary is less satisfactory, since second unit director Vic Armstrong, production designer Peter Lamont and composer David Arnold have little in common. There's also the Garbage song video, and the booklet has yet more behind-the-scenes info. The anamorphic CinemaScope picture and Dolby digital sound are as spectacular as ever. --Mark Walker

• Talk To Me | Blu Ray | (23/10/2023) from £19.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and opens the door to the spirit world forcing them to choose who to trust: the dead or the living.

• Game of Thrones: Season 8 | Blu Ray | (12/04/2021) from £46.55   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Duplicity and treachery, nobility and honour. An epic clash between the living and the dead. With the Army of the Dead led by the Night King, his White Walkers and an undead dragon bearing down on Jon and Daenerys and their combined forces, a denouement eight seasons in the making will be reached. Meanwhile, Jon's true identity promises to undermine Daenerys' claim to the Iron Throne ... and, of course, Cersei has a devious strategy of her own. Special Features Includes over 3 hours of bonus features

• Outlander (2014) - Seasons 1-4 | DVD | (07/10/2019) from £11.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  All the episodes from the first four seasons of the British-American television drama based on the novels by Diana Gabaldon. English nurse Claire Randall (Caitriona Balfe) goes on a second honeymoon with her devoted husband Frank (Tobias Menzies) after both performing their duties during the Second World War. On a visit to a stone circle at Craigh Na Dun near Inverness, Claire touches one of the stones and finds herself transported back in time to 1743 where she encounters Frank's ancestor Black Jack Randall (Menzies) who, apart from appearance, has no likeness to her loving husband. When she is rescued from the evil clutches of Black Jack by a gang of Scottish rebels, she finds herself under suspicion of being an English spy. Season 1 episodes are: 'Sassenach', 'Castle Leoch', 'The Way Out', 'The Gathering', 'Rent', 'The Garrison Commander', 'The Wedding', 'Both Sides Now', 'The Reckoning', 'By the Pricking of My Thumbs', 'The Devil's Mark', 'Lallybroch', 'The Watch', 'The Search', 'Wentworth Prison' and 'To Ransom a Man's Soul'. Season 2 episodes are: 'Through a Glass, Darkly', 'Not in Scotland Anymore', 'Useful Occupations and Deceptions', 'La Dame Blanche', 'Untimely Resurrection', 'Best Laid Schemes...', 'Faith', 'The Fox's Lair', 'Je Suis Prest', 'Prestonpans', 'Vengeance Is Mine', 'The Hail Mary' and 'Dragonfly in Amber'. Season 3 episodes are: 'The Battle Joined', 'Surrender', 'All Debts Paid', 'Of Lost Things', 'Freedom & Whisky', 'A. Malcolm', 'Crème de Menthe', 'First Wife', 'The Doldrums', 'Heaven & Earth', 'Uncharted', 'The Bakra' and 'Eye of the Storm'. Season 4 episodes are: 'America the Beautiful', 'Do No Harm', 'The False Bride', 'Common Ground', 'Savages', 'Blood of My Blood', 'Down the Rabbit Hole', 'Wilmington', 'The Birds and the Bees', 'The Deep Heart's Core', 'If Not for Hope', 'Providence' and 'Man of Worth'.

• Sister My Sister | DVD | (06/09/2010) from £9.98   |  Saving you £8.00 (100.13%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Based on a true story of forbidden passion and chilling secrets.

• The Shell Seekers | DVD | (24/02/2003) from £9.92   |  Saving you £-3.93 (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.

• Saddle Club - Series 2, Volume 1 | DVD | (25/07/2011) from £13.13   |  Saving you £-3.14 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Nothing is going well at Pine Hollow Stable: the club is borderline bankrupt Max is in Europe and Drew is forced to sell a piece of the land. Stevie Lisa and Carole have a lot to worry about especially since Veronica has been appointed Assistant Director and is constantly standing watch over them. By sticking together the 3 Saddle Club friends will manage to get themselves out of this difficult time! Episodes comprise: A Horse Of A Different Colour Part I A Horse Of A Different Colour Part II Show Ponies Part I Show Ponies Part II The Ride Of His Life Love Is In The Air Horsenapped Goodbye Dorothy The Home Straight Running Free Part I Running Free Part II Race Against Time Stevie's Bad Day

• I Capture The Castle | DVD | (26/01/2004) from £19.69   |  Saving you £-0.44 (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A love story set in 1930s England that follows 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain, and the fortunes of her eccentric family, struggling to survive in a decaying English castle.

• Moonfleet | DVD | (07/04/2014) from £12.98   |  Saving you £3.00 (30.03%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Written by Ashley Pharoah (Life on Mars Ashes to Ashes) this two-part adaptation of the much-loved John Meade Falkner novel is set in the small Dorset village of Moonfleet. In the story young John Trenchard (Aneurin Barnard - The White Queen) is desperate to join the local band of smugglers led by Elzevir Block (Ray Winstone - The Departed Hugo). Together they embark on an adventure full of action friendship and humour and hunt for a fabled lost diamond. Their journey takes them from 18th Century Dorset to the jewellery quarter of The Hague and on to a gripping final sea voyage. Sophie Cookson joins the cast as John's first love Grace who is also the daughter of Moonfleet's anti-smuggling magistrate Mohune played by Ben Chaplin (Mad Dogs Dorian Gray). Omid Djalili (Gladiator) appears as a diamond merchant Aldobrand and Martin Trenaman (The Inbetweeners) as the Turnkey.

• Tracey Beaker - More Of Me | DVD | (22/05/2006) from £8.06   |  Saving you £4.93 (61.17%)   |  RRP £12.99

  More fun and adventures with Tracy.

• The Trial of Christine Keeler | DVD | (27/01/2020) from £19.94   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Exterminating Angels | DVD | (27/04/2009) from £8.85   |  Saving you £7.14 (80.68%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Exterminating Angels

• Swallows And Amazons | DVD | (04/08/2014) from £10.35   |  Saving you £7.64 (73.82%)   |  RRP £17.99

  SWALLOWS & AMAZONS was the first novel in Arthur Ransome's much-loved series following the adventures of four children and their sailing boat Swallow. In this film of the first installment, Roger, Titty, Susan and John are taken on holiday by their mother to the Norfolk Broads, where they are allowed to sail their boat to a nearby island and set up camp. However they soon discover another boat: the Amazon, manned by potential rivals for dominion of the island. Evoking an England and way of li.

• Greed (UK) | DVD | (29/06/2020) from £3.18   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  GREED tells the story of self-made British billionaire Sir Richard McCreadie (Steve Coogan), whose retail empire is in crisis. For 30 years he has ruled the world of retail fashion bringing the high street to the catwalk and the catwalk to the high street but after a damaging public inquiry, his image is tarnished. To save his reputation, he decides to bounce back with a highly publicised and extravagant party celebrating his 60th birthday on the Greek island of Mykonos. A satire on the grotesque inequality of wealth in the fashion industry, the film sees McCreadie's rise and fall through the eyes of his biographer, Nick (David Mitchell).

• Relative Values | DVD | (25/03/2002) from £6.74   |  Saving you £6.25 (92.73%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The Noel Coward play about a Hollywood star and the english aristocracy. With Julie Andrews, Stephen Fry, Jeanne Tripplehorn and Colin Firth.

• Clive Barker's Book Of Blood | DVD | (26/10/2009) from £5.92   |  Saving you £10.07 (170.10%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A paranormal expert discovers a house that is at the intersection of so-called highways transporting souls in the afterlife.

• Braveheart (Special Edition) | DVD | (29/01/2001) from £10.60   |  Saving you £2.65 (28.37%)   |  RRP £11.99

  A stupendous historical saga, Braveheart won five Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director for star Mel Gibson. He plays William Wallace, a 13th-century Scottish commoner who unites the various clans against a cruel English King, Edward the Longshanks (Patrick McGoohan). The scenes of hand-to-hand combat are brutally violent, but they never glorify the bloodshed. There is such enormous scope to this story that it works on a smaller, more personal scale as well, essaying love and loss, patriotism and passion. Extremely moving, it reveals Gibson as a multitalented performer and remarkable director with an eye for detail and an understanding of human emotion. (His first directorial effort was 1993's Man Without a Face.) The film is nearly three hours long and includes several plot tangents, yet is never dull. This movie resonates long after you have seen it, both for its visual beauty and for its powerful story. --Rochelle O'Gorman

• Geordie Shore - Series 3 | DVD | (04/03/2013) from £11.98   |  Saving you £7.00 (70.07%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Arriba! Arriba! This series sees our lads and lasses wave goodbye to Newcastle and head 5,000 miles to Mexico. 'Living it up' Geordie style in their very own luxury villa, they will enjoy the beach contests, pool parties and super nightclubs that the region is famed for. Will Cancun become their home away from home? Will Gaz finally commit to Charlotte? Will Holly continue to stalk James or will he use his new found pulling prowess on the local senoritas? Will Ricci and Vicky's relationship stand the heat? The Mexicans won't know what's hit them...

• Rosamunde Pilcher's Winter Solstice | DVD | (11/04/2005) from £6.80   |  Saving you £10.19 (149.85%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Winter Solstice is the entrancing story of shattered lives and broken hearts and a Christmas retreat which brings healing and happy endings.When recently bereaved Elfrida Phipps moves into a tiny cottage she soon makes friends with her new neighbours the Blundells.Elfrida's favourite niece Carrie returns from Austria heartbroken and briefly meets businessman Sam on her flight home.A tragic accident befalls the Blundells and with everyone's lives in ruins