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• The Equaliser - Season Four | DVD | (29/10/2012) from £15.15   |  Saving you £26.10 (187.90%)   |  RRP £39.99

• Hamlet | DVD | (10/03/2003) from £6.49   |  Saving you £3.50 (53.93%)   |  RRP £9.99

  In the opening scene of Hamlet, Laurence Olivier describes the play in a voice-over as "the tragedy of a man who couldn't make up his mind". But Olivier's screen adaptation is considerably more thoughtful and complex than this thesis would suggest. The contradictions and ambiguities of the title character, who prowls cavernous sets filled with vast, ancient corridors and winding staircases, emerge as if from a dream. The plethora of tracking shots--precise enough to impress Stanley Kubrick--encircle Olivier and his tightly constructed geometry of demise. Drawing on his experience playing the Prince on stage at Elsinore in 1937, the legendary thesp provides the film with the patina of greatness and shows how the constitution of the formerly cheerful Prince weakens increasingly under the burden of his own thoughts and inability to accept his mother's o'er-hasty marriage to uncle Claudius (Basil Sydney). Indeed, if emotions could possess ghosts, Olivier's Hamlet shows how they would manifest themselves. There is even a dollop of Freud, suggesting that Queen Gertrude (Eileen Herlie) has perhaps loved her offspring too closely--thus providing the fuel for Hamlet's actions. As Ophelia, Jeans Simmons captures the character's early spirit better than her gradual disintegration (Helena Bonham Carter fares better in Franco Zeffirelli's fine 1990 remake). Purists may bemoan the loss of Fortinbras, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, but these choices allow Olivier to focus more squarely on Hamlet's plight. His monologues, many held in secret enclaves, glow with the dramatic markedness of a Dostoevski novel, with all of the master's irony, allusions and witticisms in place. The winner of four Oscars (Best Picture, Actor, Art Direction, and Costumes), this is a Hamlet for the ages. The rest is silence. --Kevin Mulhall

• It Could Happen To You | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £11.93   |  Saving you £8.06 (67.56%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Inspired by an actual incident, this unassuming, wonderfully good-natured romantic comedy tells the story of a New York City street cop named Charlie (Nicolas Cage) who makes a promise to a coffee-shop waitress named Yvonne (Bridget Fonda) that will change both their lives. One day after coffee, Charlie is embarrassed to discover he doesn't have money for a tip, so he tells Yvonne that he'll share half of his winnings if the lottery ticket he's holding comes up a winner. Sure enough, he wins the jackpot--a whopping US$4 million payoff--and Charlie's wife, Muriel (Rosie Perez), goes ballistic when he tells her about his deal with Yvonne. From this point, It Could Happen to You follows Charlie's dilemma as he is forced to decide the proper course of action, and director Andrew Bergman smoothly incorporates a gentle love story into this amusing crisis of conscience. Fonda and Cage have an easygoing chemistry that adds a pleasant touch to the movie's fairy-tale plot, and It Could Happen to You's kindhearted sentiment is never so thick that it becomes sticky-sweet or artificial. As feel-good comedies go, this one's a class act. --Jeff Shannon

• Dead Again In Tombstone | Blu Ray | (23/10/2017) from £10.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Guerrero returns from the dead once more to protect a stolen relic from getting into the hands of a gang of soldiers, which will ultimately cause hell upon earth.

• The Lavender Hill Mob (60th Anniversary Edition) | Blu Ray | (01/08/2011) from £11.99   |  Saving you £10.99 (122.11%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Directed by Charles Crichton, who would much later direct John Cleese in A Fish Called Wanda (1988), 1951's The Lavender Hill Mob is the most ruefully thrilling of the Ealing Comedies. Alec Guinness plays a bowler-hatted escort of bullion to the refineries. His seeming timidity, weak 'r's and punctiliousness mask a typically Guinness-like patient cunning. "I was aware I was widiculed but that was pwecisely the effect I was stwiving to achieve". He's actually plotting a heist. With more conventionally cockney villains Sid James and Alfie Bass in tow, as well as the respectable but ruined Stanley Holloway, Guinness' perfect criminal plan works in exquisite detail, then unravels just as exquisitely, culminating in a nail-biting police car chase in which you can't help rooting for the villains. The Lavender Hill Mob depicts a London still up to its knees in rubble from World War II, a world of new hope but continued austerity, a budding new order in which everything seems up for grabs; as such it could be regarded as a lighter hearted cinematic cousin to Carol Reed's 1949 masterpiece The Third Man. The Lavender Hill Mob also sees the first, fleeting on-screen appearance of Audrey Hepburn in the opening sequence. --David Stubbs

• The Settlers | DVD | (13/05/2024) from £9.25   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Arlington Road | DVD | (15/01/2008) from £7.44   |  Saving you £-1.45 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Michael Faraday (Jeff Bridges) and his 10 year old son Grant (Spencer Treat Clark) are both trying to come to terms with the loss two years earlier of Michael's wife Grant's mother. When they befriend a family from across the road things seem to get a little better for them. However as the families become closer Michael starts having misgivings about Oliver and Cheryl Lang (Tim Robbins Joan Cusack) and begins investigating them. He soon realises that the Langs are definitely no

• Hulk Hogan - In Your Face - The Lost Episodes Of The XWF | DVD | (10/03/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The Lost Episodes of the XWF features some of the biggest stars of wrestling from the modern era. Hosted by 'Nasty Boy' Brian Knobbs and 'Mouth of the South' Jimmy Hart with Tony Schiavone and Jerry Lawler on commentary. Features: Big Vito vs. Buff Bagwell Marty Jannetty vs. Hail with manager 'Mouth of the South' Jimmy Hart Horace Hogan vs. Ian Harrison XWF Cruiserweight Championship Battle Royal Nasty Boys vs. Shane Twins Curt Hennig with agent Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan vs. Vampiro Juventud Guerrera and Psychosis vs. Konnan and Ray Gonzalez Simon Diamond with manager Dawn Marie vs. Jerry Lawler Hail with manager Jimmy Hart vs. Knuckles Johnny B Badd vs. Norman Smiley Shane Twins vs. The Road Warriors Curt Hennig with agent Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan vs. Buff Bagwell Marty Jannetty vs. Drezden Horace Hogan vs. Josh Matthews Shane Twins vs. South Philly Posse with manager Jasmine AJ Styles vs. Kid Kash Vapor with manager Sonny Onoo vs. Jimmy Snuka Jr. with manager Superfly Jimmy Snuka Curt Hennig & Ian Harrison vs. Buff Bagwell & Vampiro Special Bonus Match: Never Before Seen! Hulk Hogan vs. Curt Hennig with manager Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan

• Dead Again in Tombstone (DVD + Digital Download) | DVD | (23/10/2017) from £15.25   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Guerrero returns from the dead once more to protect a stolen relic from getting into the hands of a gang of soldiers, which will ultimately cause hell upon earth.

• British Musicals of the 1930s: Volume 3 | DVD | (12/01/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  From playful romantic comedies to variety extravaganzas, the pre-war British musical films offered audiences a source of much-needed escapism throughout the decade haunted by the Great Depression and the growing menace of war. Often adapting much-loved hits of the music hall as well as serving as vehicles for the era's composers, performers and band leaders, they showcased home-grown talent alongside some of Hollywood's most bankable stars.This ongoing, multi-volume collection makes available a wealth of rare gems from the very earliest days of the British talkies, many of which have remained unseen since their original release; each film is presented uncut, in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE (1932)A useless secretary and his private detective friend try to help an heiress from being swindled by her guardian.FACING THE MUSIC (1933)A joyful medley of farce, romance, song and slapstick starring Stanley Lupino as an impressionable youth whose pursuit of an opera singer's niece lands him in trouble!MY SONG GOES ROUND THE WORLD (1934)Set in Venice, the touching and sometimes comic story of a diminutive tenor who falls in love whilst striving for success.HEART'S DESIRE (1935)Richard Tauber, the great Austrian tenor, features in the story of a singing peasant from a Vienna beer-garden who conquers London, but at a cost...

• The Chaplin Collection Vol.2 - The Circus/City Lights/The Kid/Monsieur Verdoux/A King in New York/A Woman in Paris | DVD | (22/09/2003) from £64.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (9.70%)   |  RRP £71.99

  City Lights: The Tramp struggles to help a blind flower girl with whom he has fallen in love. The Kid: The Tramp cares for an abandoned child but events put that relationship in jeopardy... The Circus: The Tramp finds work and the girl of his dreams at a circus... Monsieur Verdoux: A suave yet cynical man supports his family by marrying and murdering rich women for their money but the job has some unforseen occupational hazards... Also include

• Armchair Theatre - Volume 3 | DVD | (27/08/2012) from £25.98   |  Saving you £16.00 (66.69%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Pioneering, enormously influential and often challenging, Armchair Theatre was ITV's flagship drama anthology series. Bringing high-quality contemporary drama to a wider viewing public, the series easily demonstrated the network's potential to rival the BBC's drama output with diverse and powerful plays by some of Britain's most gifted writers. This set comprises twelve plays taken from the series' first incarnation, produced by ABC and broadcast in the 1950s and '60s. An astonishing roll-call of writers includes J.B. Priestley, James Mitchell, Fay Weldon and Alun Owen; Patrick McGoohan, Stanley Baker, Billie Whitelaw, Colin Blakely, Judy Cornwell and Hugh Griffith are among the celebrated and accomplished actors appearing in groundbreaking dramas ranging from the playful to the poignant.

• Jack The Giant Slayer | Blu Ray | (22/07/2013) from £11.81   |  Saving you £13.18 (111.60%)   |  RRP £24.99

  An age-old war is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unleashed on the Earth for the first time in centuries the long-banished giants strive to reclaim the land they once lost forcing the young man Jack (Nicholas Hoult) into the battle of his life to stop them. Fighting for a kingdom its people and the love of a brave princess he comes face to face with the unstoppable warriors he thought only existed in legend... and gets the chance to become a legend himself. Special Features: Become a Giant Slayer: Know Your Enemy Suiting Up Attack Tactics The Magic of a Beanstalk How to Zip Giants' Kitchen Saving the Princess Defending Your Kingdom Deleted Scene Gag Reel

• Stanley Baxter Collection | DVD | (03/11/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Stanley Baxter Collection (5 Discs)

• Monk - Series 2 | DVD | (18/07/2005) from £7.50   |  Saving you £21.75 (348.56%)   |  RRP £27.99

  He's ingenious he's phobic he's obsessive-compulsive. The criminally underrated Tony Shalhoub stars as former police detective Adrian Monk a man who's hilarious off-beat antics have made him unfit for duty. Back as a police consultant Monk helps the police on their most baffling cases. The brilliant but neurotic Monk is now fighting crime as well as his abnormal fears of germs cars crowds and virtually everything else known to man. Featuring all 16 episodes of the

• My Fair Lady -- 40th Anniversary Special Edition (2 discs) | DVD | (05/04/2004) from £6.42   |  Saving you £7.57 (117.91%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Audrey Hepburn stars as Eliza Doolittle a poor flower girl who under the guidance of Professor Higgins played by Rex Harrison becomes the Belle of British Society. Winner of 8 Academy Awards including Best Picture and blessed with an array of scintillating songs this classic movie is a feast for both the eyes and the ears and is breathtaking entertainment for the whole family.

• Father Came Too! | DVD | (24/02/2020) from £10.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  James Robertson Justice, Leslie Phillips and Stanley Baxter star in this hilarious (though somewhat loose) sequel to The Fast Lady! Featuring a remarkable array of comedy talent including Ronnie Barker, Kenneth Cope, Terry Scott and Hugh Lloyd Father Came Too! is featured here as a brand-new High Definition restoration from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio. Newlyweds Dexter and Juliet Munro purchase a ramshackle cottage in order to escape her overbearing father, Shakespearean actor-manager Sir Beverly Grant. But Sir Beverley soon turns up on the doorstep, determined to help ... and the incompetent builder and his skiffling workmates hired by his son-in-law quickly earn the full force of his temper! SPECIAL FEATURES: Theatrical trailer Image gallery

• The Naked Civil Servant | DVD | (11/03/2002) from £4.98   |  Saving you £11.01 (221.08%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Award Winning film autobiography of the English eccentric Quentin Crisp. The film traces Crisp's life from the early 1930's telling of his blatent exhibitionism as an outrageously effeminate homosexual. John Hurt's unforgettable performance won him a BAFTA for Best Actor while director Jack Gold won the Academy's highest commendation The Desmond Davies Award for outstanding creative contribution to television.

• Winter Wonders Collection | DVD | (07/11/2016) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Collection of Christmas-themed episodes from favourite children's series including 'The Sooty Show' and 'Rainbow'.

• Van Helsing: Season 5 | DVD | (10/01/2022) from £6.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In the fifth and final season of "Van Helsing," Vanessa, Violet, and Jack will risk it all to finally bring an end to the Dark One once and for all. The Van Helsings must figure out ways to escape and evade the various obstacles in their path to prevent them from their mission, leading to an epic final showdown between the Van Helsings and the Dark One. Who will win the battle between light and dark?