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• The Hitcher (Special Edition) | DVD | (14/07/2003) from £17.92   |  Saving you £2.07 (11.55%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Made in 1984, The Hitcher is an update--in spirit at least--of Steven Spielberg's first feature film, 1971's Duel. Here C Thomas Howell plays a guy taking a drive-away car from Chicago to San Diego. On a whim, in the rain, and against his better judgment, he picks up a hitchhiker (Rutger Hauer). The hitcher quickly admits to being a murdering psychopath and once Howell finally gets him out of his car, he is pursued with all the vengeance of the ancient furies. We're never sure if the hitcher is a figment of his imagination, making Howell a schizophrenic killer, or if he's real and Howell is the random victim of a wandering madman, which is how his potential new girlfriend (Jennifer Jason Leigh) thinks of him. Either way, The Hitcher is great fun, kinda scary and teetering on the brink of "must see". --Andy Spletzer

• George Of The Jungle | DVD | (22/01/2001) from £4.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (260.52%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Disney scored an unexpected hit with this goofy live-action remake of Jay Ward's Saturday-morning cartoon, a zippy Tarzan parody with topical references and absurd gags. Disney's big-screen version, George of the Jungle starring Brendan Fraser as the sweet, hopelessly inept jungle hero, puts the emphasis on slapstick and silly fun. The klutzy hero, still swinging into trees and stray boulders, saves a lost Los Angeles socialite (Leslie Mann) on safari and, completely smitten, leaves behind his tree-house home and simian best friend (an Oxford-accented ape voiced by John Cleese) to accompany the socialite back to the concrete jungle of LA, much to the frustration of her conniving fiancé (Thomas Haden Church). Fraser's enthusiastic performance enriches our hunky hero with endearing innocence and energetic pluck. The humour is spotty and consistently more juvenile than the original cartoon, but the unending parade of visual gags (including George's pet elephant Shep, transformed into an overexcited six-tonne puppy by inventive digital effects) keeps the tone light, frothy and winningly fun. --Sean Axmaker

• Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials | Blu Ray | (01/02/2016) from £10.98   |  Saving you £20.00 (222.47%)   |  RRP £28.99

  In MAZE RUNNER: THE SCORCH TRIALS, the next chapter of the epic Maze Runner saga, Thomas (Dylan O'Brien) and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. Teaming up with resistance fighters, the Gladers take on WCKD's vastly superior forces and uncover it's shocking plans for them all.

• Stalingrad | DVD | (22/10/2001) from £4.98   |  Saving you £8.01 (160.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  It's tempting to call the harrowing Stalingrad a World War II version of All Quiet on the Western Front, since both films take the perspective of ordinary German soldiers at ground level. Stalingrad surveys the misery of the battle of Stalingrad, the winter siege that cost the lives of almost one and a half million people--Russian defenders and German invaders alike. Not unlike Spielberg's approach to Saving Private Ryan, German director Joseph Vilsmaier rarely steps outside the action to comment on the higher purpose of the war, assuming the audience is aware of the evil of the Nazi regime. Instead, we simply follow a group of soldiers as they endure a series of gut-wrenching episodes, events that have the tang of authenticity and horror. Vilsmaier has a taste for symbolism and surreal touches, which only add to the unsettling sense of insanity this movie conjures up so well. --Robert Horton

• The Outsiders The Complete Novel (2021 restoration) | Blu Ray | (08/11/2021) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Francis Ford Coppola's 1983 coming-of-age classic, The Outsiders - The Complete Novel has been newly restored. Based on S.E Hinton's classic novel, this release includes both the original and complete Novel version for the first time. In 1966 Tulsa, teenagers come two ways. If you're a soc, you've got money, cars, a future. But if you're a greaser, you're an outsider with only your friends...and a dream that someday you'll finally belong. Francis Ford Coppola's powerful film The Outsiders - The Complete Novel captures how it feels to be caught between childhood's innocence and adulthood's disillusionment. The ensemble is a Who's Who of young talents of the past two decades: Matt Dillon, Tom Cruise, Emilio Estevez, C. Thomas Howell, Diane Lane, Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe and Ralph Macchio. Movingly and in an intensely visual style, Coppola has made these street rats and their struggle heroic and unforgettable. Bonus Features The Outsiders The Complete Novel (2021 Restoration) Audio Commentary with Francis Ford Coppola Audio Commentary with Matt Dillon, C. Thomas Howell, Diane Lane, Rob Lowe, Ralph Macchio and Patrick Swayze Restoration Story Interview with Cinematographer Stephen Burum Deleted Scenes Francis Ford Coppola introduction Outsider Looking In - Frances Ford Coppola discusses some key scenes Old House, New Home Trailer The Outsiders (2021 Restoration) Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders' NBC's News Today from 1983 'The Outsiders' Started by School Petition 7 Cast Members (Lowe, Swayze, Howell, Dillon, Macchio, Garret and Lane) read extracts from the novel. S.E. Hinton on Location in Tulsa. The Casting of 'The Outsiders'. Six deleted and extended scenes. Trailer from 1983.

• Animal Kingdom: Season 1 | DVD | (10/04/2017) from £19.98   |  Saving you £-3.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  All ten episodes from the first season of the US crime drama inspired by the 2010 Australian film of the same name. After his mother dies of a heroin overdose, 17-year-old Joshua 'J' Cody (Finn Cole) moves in with his grandmother Janine aka Smurf (Ellen Barkin), the matriarch of a powerful Californian crime family. Also sharing the lavish home are her sons Craig (Ben Robson), Deran (Jake Weary), Baz (Scott Speedman) and Pope (Shawn Hatosy), who's just finished a six-year prison sentence. J joins his uncles in their illicit exploits overseen by Smurf. However, the boys begin taking on their own jobs without Smurf's approval and attract even more attention from the eyes of the law. The episodes are: 'Pilot', 'We Don't Hurt People', 'Stay Close, Stick Together', 'Dead to Me', 'Flesh Is Weak', 'Child Care', 'Goddamn Animals', 'Man In', 'Judas Kiss' and 'What Have You Done?'.

• Cheech And Chong | DVD | (06/10/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Cheech And Chong: Double Pack

• Sunshine On Leith | Blu Ray | (28/01/2014) from £7.27   |  Saving you £17.72 (243.74%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Adapted from the stage musical of the same name and based on the acclaimed album of the same name by the Proclaimers Sunshine on Leith is a feel-good musical that is bound to make you smile for weeks! Described by Time Out as A wet sloppy dog-kiss of a film ... Heart-on-sleeve sweet the film focusses on the lives of Davy (George Mackay) and Ally (Kevin Guthrie) returning servicemen who've served in Afganistan and now must re-adjust to living life in Edinburgh.

• Military Wives | Blu Ray | (06/07/2020) from £2.64   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Inspired by real events and from the director of The Full Monty (Peter Cattaneo), Military Wives is the heartfelt story of friendship, love, and support on the home front. When Kate (Kristin Scott Thomas, Darkest Hour) persuades a disparate group of women on the base to form the Military Wives Choir, Lisa (Sharon Horgan, Catastrophe) is initially sceptical and embarrassed by such an amateur bunch. However, she is quickly transformed by the choir's friendship, humour and courage. Finding their voice together, Kate, Lisa and the choir put aside their own personal differences and, by singing their hearts out, bring joy, hope and strength to the world.

• Resident Evil 2: Apocalypse | DVD | (07/02/2005) from £9.98   |  Saving you £12.00 (150.19%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Milla Jovovich's video game action girl Alice has escaped the hive of the first flick and must now find a way through the hordes of zombies to escape Racoon City.

• The Hitcher (4K UHD & Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (30/09/2024) from £47.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A would-be samaritan picks up a hitchhiker and soon discovers the man is a relentless serial killer. Framed by the cold-blooded murderer for a string of slayings, his only help comes from a caring waitress as they attempt to flee from both the law and the hitcher Special Features Dual format edition including both UHD and Blu-ray with main feature and bonus features on both discs new 4k restoration by Second Sight Films from the original camera negative supervised and approved by Director Robert Harmon UHD presented in HDR with Dolby Vision Features Dolby Atmos and original stereo audio mixes New audio commentary by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas Audio commentary with Robert Harmon and Writer Eric Red Scene specific audio commentary with Robert Harmon, Eric Red, Executive Producer Edward S Feldman, Composer Mark Isham, Director of Photography John Seale and Actors Rutger Hauer and C Thomas Howell The Projection Booth Podcast: featuring Robert Harmon and Rutger Hauer Bullseye: a new interview with Robert Harmon Penning the Ripper: a new interview with Eric Red Doomed to Live: a new interview with C Thomas Howell The Man from Oz: a new interview with John Seale A Very Formative Score: a new interview with Mark Isham Duel Runner: Leigh Singer on the evolution of The Hitcher and Rutger Hauer China Lake: a short film by Robert Harmon newly restored The Calling Card: Robert Harmon on China Lake Telephone: a short film by Eric Red The Hitcher: How Do These Movies Get Made? Trailers Limited Edition Contents Rigid slipcase with new artwork by Adam Stothard 200-page hardback book with exclusive Robert Harmon interview by Lou Thomas, exclusive Eric Red interview by Matt Thrift, new essays by Heather Drain, David Kittredge, Craig Ian Mann, Rebecca McCallum, Meagan Navarro and Jon Towlson, archival Fangoria article and Behind-the-Scenes photo gallery

• Puccini: La Boheme -- Royal Opera House/Gardelli | DVD | (21/08/2000) from £17.00   |  Saving you £0.99 (5.82%)   |  RRP £17.99

  This full-blooded 1982 performance of Puccini's most-loved opera demonstrates just how much drive and powerful emotion can make up for a certain lack of subtlety. Cotrubas' Mimi is entirely moving in both joy and death, while never quite feeling as thoroughly frail as some of her quieter rivals; stronger tenor voices than Neil Shicoff's have recorded the role, and yet he has a Romantic passion and a dignity that many of his rivals fail to bring to the role. That under-rated singer Gwynne Howell is especially moving in Colline's farewell to his cloak--one of those perfect little showcase sections Puccini sometimes gives to minor parts. Marilyn Zschau's Musetta is broad and comic and yet somehow includes the audience in the glorious joke that her sexuality is for her; when Thomas Allen sings, to her waltz theme, of youth that is not yet dead, his ardour transcends realism. Gardelli knew this score in his bones--the production bounces along from comedy to tears to eroticism to tragedy and neither cast nor orchestra miss a single one of Puccini's wonderful touches of emotional exploitation. --Roz Kaveney

• Cutting It: Complete Series 2 | DVD | (19/04/2004) from £5.99   |  Saving you £19.00 (317.20%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The complete second series of the salon-set drama. After making her choice of Finn over her husband Gavin Allie returns to Manchester to find that Gavin is making the most of his newfound single life. As she has been pushed out of Henshall Ferraday Finn buys a new health and beauty spa for her to run but Allie realises that her talents are better suited to running her own hairdressing salon. To complicate matters Finn's ex wife Mia sets out to win him back at all costs and Gavin e

• Spider-Man 3 | Blu Ray | (27/08/2018) from £54.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) has finally managed to strike a balance between his devotion to M.J. (Kirsten Dunst) and his duties as a superhero. But when his suit suddenly changes, turning jetblack and enhancing his powers, it transforms Peter, bringing out a dark vengeful side that he struggles to control. He must now battle his inner demons as two of the mostfeared villains yet, Sandman (Thomas Haden Church) and Venom (Topher Grace), gather unparalleled power and a thirst for revenge which threatens Peter and everyone he loves. Features: Cast and Filmmaker Commentaries with Sam Raimi, Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco and more Blooper Reels

• The Hitcher (4K UHD) | Blu Ray | (30/09/2024) from £23.50   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A would-be samaritan picks up a hitchhiker and soon discovers the man is a relentless serial killer. Framed by the cold-blooded murderer for a string of slayings, his only help comes from a caring waitress as they attempt to flee from both the law and the hitcher Special Features A new 4k restoration by Second Sight Films from the original camera negative supervised and approved by Director Robert Harmon Presented in HDR with Dolby Vision Features Dolby Atmos and original stereo audio mixes New audio commentary by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas Audio commentary with Robert Harmon and Writer Eric Red Scene specific audio commentary with Robert Harmon, Eric Red, Executive Producer Edward S Feldman, Composer Mark Isham, Director of Photography John Seale and Actors Rutger Hauer and C Thomas Howell The Projection Booth Podcast: featuring Robert Harmon and Rutger Hauer Bullseye: a new interview with Robert Harmon Penning the Ripper: a new interview with Eric Red Doomed to Live: a new interview with C Thomas Howell The Man from Oz: a new interview with John Seale A Very Formative Score: a new interview with Mark Isham Duel Runner: Leigh Singer on the evolution of The Hitcher and Rutger Hauer China Lake: a short film by Robert Harmon newly restored The Calling Card: Robert Harmon on China Lake Telephone: a short film by Eric Red The Hitcher: How do these movies get made? Trailers

• The Lost Prince | DVD | (20/01/2003) from £6.12   |  Saving you £9.87 (161.27%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A marvellous reinvention of the costume epic, The Lost Prince is Stephen Poliakoff's absorbing study of the turbulent years leading up to and during the First World War, seen through the percipient eyes of a scarcely remembered royal child. Extensively researched, impeccably cast, beautifully filmed, written and directed by Poliakoff himself with masterly economy and restraint, this is a timely reminder that original, intelligent drama can work as prime time entertainment while appealing on multiple levels; and there isn't an escaped soap star in sight. Johnnie, the prince kept hidden away by his parents Queen Mary and George V for fear that his epileptic fits and idiosyncratic ways might draw unwelcome attention, is not presented as a tragic figure. His view of the great events which shatter his family and change the world forever is direct and uncluttered. Poliakoff celebrates his apartness--and that of all children who are different--as a force for good, without judging the standards, protocols and contemporary medical theories which kept him on the periphery of society. The series makes the most of its well-chosen locations, and from Johnnie's garden at Sandringham to the assassination of the Russian imperial family, it maintains a hypnotic and elegiac quality The acting is first-rate, too. Gina McKee is profoundly moving as Johnnie's devoted nurse Lalla; and Miranda Richardson's Mary is an extraordinary performance, the controlled façade of single-minded focus occasionally fracturing to reveal a flash of humanity. This production is exquisite in every respect. On the DVD: The Lost Prince is presented in its original transmission format of 16:9. The Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack, enhanced by Adrian Johnston's haunting score is crystal clear. Extras include Poliakoff's revealing commentary, with occasional input from Johnston and designer John-Paul Kelly, and a couple of documentary fragments which show the production in progress and place it in context with the rest of Poliakoff's work. --Piers Ford

• ET (4K UHD+ Blu-ray + UV) | 4K UHD | (02/10/2017) from £26.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Relive the adventure and magic in one of the most beloved motion pictures of all-time, E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, from Academy Award®-winning* director Steven Spielberg. Captivating audiences of all ages, this timeless story follows the unforgettable journey of a lost alien and the 10-year-old boy he befriends. Join Elliott (Henry Thomas), Gertie (Drew Barrymore) and Michael (Robert MacNaughton) as they come together to help E.T. find his way back home. Special Features: STEVEN SPIELBERG & E.T. - The director reflects on his experience making E.T. and the impact the beloved classic has had on his celebrated career. THE E.T. JOURNALS - Original on-set production footage takes you behind the scenes. DELETED SCENES A LOOK BACK THE EVOLUTION AND CREATION OF E.T. THE E.T. REUNION THE MUSIC OF E.T. THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY PREMIERE DESIGNS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND MARKETING

• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | DVD | (11/06/2012) from £6.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (300.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Adapted from the acclaimed bestseller by Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close is a story that unfolds from inside the young mind of Oskar Schell, an inventive eleven year-old New Yorker whose discovery of a key in his deceased father's belongings sets him off on an urgent search across the city for the lock it will open.A year after his father died in the World Trade Center on what Oskar calls The Worst Day, he is determined to keep his vital connection to the man who playfully cajoled him into confronting his wildest fears. Now, as Oskar crosses the five New York boroughs in quest of the missing lock - encountering an eclectic assortment of people who are each survivors in their own way - he begins to uncover unseen links to the father he misses, to the mother who seems so far away from him and to the whole noisy, dangerous, discombobulating world around him.

• Hostage | DVD | (18/07/2005) from £5.65   |  Saving you £14.34 (253.81%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Bruce Willis plays a former hostage negotiator forced to make an impossible choice in this taught thriller.

• The Proud Valley | DVD | (27/03/2017) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Hoping to find work in Wales, David Goliath (Paul Robeson: Show Boat), a ship's stoker, boards a train and winds up in a small mining town. There, his powerful physique and magnificent singing voice attract the attention of Parry (Simon Lack), the choir director, who hopes to win the national singing meet on the strength of David's vocal chords. Goliath soon finds himself embracing village life, working down the pit and singing with the choir. However, when a cave-in leads to disaster, the mine is closed and all the workers are left unemployed. Hoping to convince the owners to reopen the colliery, Goliath helps lead a group of activists in a walk to London. Along the way, they learn war has been declared, and begin to plan to get the mine up and running again in time to serve the nation's needs. With a wealth of musical numbers and Paul Robeson's undeniable charm, The Proud Valley is a must-see.