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• Sir John Mills' Moving Memories | DVD | (09/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A film biography with a difference, Sir John Mills' Moving Memories charts the life of one of Britain's most distinguished actors. Compiled from interviews with the man himself and with his family and friends, it traces his career from humble beginnings to all-time great of British cinema. The many film clips reveal an electric screen presence and a willingness to undertake a range of difficult, challenging roles. The package creates major interest with its excerpts from hundreds of hours of home movies shot by Mills during the 1950s and 1960s. These not only capture his young family but many of the period's biggest stars at their most candid: there cannot be many films showing Sir Laurence Olivier belly-flopping into a swimming pool. This is a fascinating document of a bygone age and a fine tribute to a genuine legend. On the DVD: Sir John Mills' Moving Memories is a short main feature and there has been little attempt to make use of the additional disc space. Extras are limited to text-only biographies and filmographies, plus a selection of movie stills. The quality of the picture and sound betrays the film's television origins, although the home movie footage is blessed with a rich, vibrant colour. --Phil Udell

• Vanilla Sky | Blu Ray | (18/11/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Paper Clips | DVD | (16/09/2007) from £10.07   |  Saving you £9.92 (98.51%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Struggling to grasp the concept of six-million Holocaust victims, students decide to collect six-million paper clips to better understand Holocaust.

• The Iceman Cometh | DVD | (01/12/1975) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Jason Robards, Jr. became an overnight star with his indelible performance as the glad-handing, doom-ridden Hickey in the legendary 1956 Circle-in-the-Square revival of Eugene O'Neill's towering masterpiece (first staged in 1939). In his harrowing drama, O'Neill shines a harsh but compassionate spotlight on the failed lives, empty hopes, and perpetual pipe dreams of an assortment of down-and-out denizens of a seedy saloon, set in New York in 1912. Their sad but complacent existences are rattled when Hickey arrives for his annual bender a changed man - forswearing alcohol and preaching a deliverance from the lie of the pipe dream. As Variety originally wrote, this 'Iceman' was a landmark for the video medium, a reference point for greatness in TV drama.

• Parenthood | Blu Ray | (07/05/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Ron Howard's 1989 hit, written by fellow family men Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel (Splash, A League of Their Own), is an original comedy about contemporary life and the eternal responsibilities of raising children. Steve Martin has never been better than as a dedicated husband and father trying (and inevitably failing, as do most of us) to balance the demands of his kids and his job. The actor, like his character, throws himself into the part quite touchingly, particularly in a scene where a hired clown fails to show up at a children's party and Martin's character unabashedly provides the entertainment. Good as Martin is, this is actually an ensemble piece with numerous actors playing members of the same family, with cross-generational joys and disappointments in the air--and parents in conflict, children in love and so on. Jason Robards is very good as a patriarch who finally accepts the reality that the son he adores (Tom Hulce) is a major screw-up. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Season 6 | DVD | (18/09/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The sixth series of Buffy the Vampire Slayer followed the logic of plot and character development into some gloomy places. The year begins with Buffy being raised from the dead by the friends who miss her, but who fail to understand that a sacrifice taken back is a sacrifice negated. Dragged out of what she believes to have been heavenly bliss, she finds herself "going through the motions" and entering into a relationship with the evil, besotted vampire Spike just to force her emotions. Willow becomes ever more caught up in the temptations of magic; Xander and Anya move towards marriage without ever discussing their reservations; Giles feels he is standing in the way of Buffy's adult independence; Dawn feels neglected. What none of them need is a menace that is, at this point, simply annoying--three high school contemporaries who have turned their hand to magical and high-tech villainy. Added to this is a hungry ghost, an invisibility ray, an amnesia spell and a song-and-dance demon (who acts as rationale for the incomparable musical episode "Once More With Feeling"). This is a year in which chickens come home to roost: everything from the villainy of the three geeks to Xander's doubts about marriage come to a head, often--as in the case of the impressive wedding episode--through wildly dark humour. The estrangement of the characters from each other--a well-observed portrait of what happens to college pals in their early 20s--comes to a shocking head with the death of a major character and that death's apocalyptic consequences. The series ends on a consoling note which it has, by that point and in spite of imperfections, entirely earned. --Roz Kaveney

• Magnolia | DVD | (25/01/2010) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-5.24 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £14.99

  24 hours in L.A.; it's raining cats and dogs. Two parallel and intercut stories dramatize a man about to die: both men are estranged from a grown child, both want to make contact, and neither child wants anything to do with dad.

• 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

• The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel - Limited Edition Steel Pack | Blu Ray | (06/10/2014) from £11.99   |  Saving you £14.00 (116.76%)   |  RRP £25.99

  Best Exotic Marigold Hotel - Steel Pack Edition with Matt Finish. An acclaimed cast lights up this witty romantic comedy from the director of Shakespeare in Love. When seven cash-strapped Brits journey to a retirement resort in India friendship and romance blossom as they touch each other's hearts in the most unexpected ways. In the end they will all discover that life and love can begin again when you embrace today and let go of the past.

• Michael McDonald - In Concert | DVD | (29/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  With his distinctive throaty baritone Michael McDonald left an indelible signature in the 1970's with his vocal contributions to both Steely Dan and later The Doobie Brothers. After The Doobie Brothers disbanded in 1982 McDonald embarked on a solo career which produced such Top 10 hits as I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near) and Sweet Freedom. This Soundstage concert features Michael McDonald performing hits from his successful solo career. Tom Johnston and Patrick Simmons from The Doobie Brothers as well as Ashford & Simpson joins McDonald on this sensational performance.

• Big | DVD | (22/10/2007) from £12.99   |  Saving you £-5.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Tom Hanks won rave reviews for his Oscar nominated performance (1988 Best Actor) as a twelve-year old boy trapped inside a thirty-year-old body in director Penny Marshall's winning comedy. At a carnival young Josh Baskin wishes he was big - only to awake the next morning and discover he is! With the help of his friend Billy (Jared Rushton) Josh lands a job at a toy company. There his inner wisdom enables him to successfully predict what children want to buy making the awestruck

• Blue Desert | DVD | (06/03/2003) from £9.99   |  Saving you £-6.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  A woman tormented by a recent attack moves to the desert to get her life back together. There she befriends two men one of whom is playing maniacal tricks on her forcing her to decide which one to trust.

• Minority Report Limited Edition Steelbook with Artcards | Blu Ray | (17/05/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The science-fiction thriller Minority Report directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise is based on a short story by renowned writer Philip K. Dick. In the year 2054 in Washington D.C. murder has been eliminated thanks to Precrime a program that uses the visions of three psychics called Pre-Cogs (an abbreviation for precognitive thinkers) to arrest and imprison would-be murderers before they have a chance to kill. Tom Cruise plays John Anderton a Precrime enforcer who believes in the system for his own personal reasons--years back his young son was abducted and he has dealt with the loss by becoming a high-strung Precrime officer. The director of Precrime (Max von Sydow) is eager to take the program national and feels threatened by an ambitious federal agent (Colin Farrell) who is bent on finding a flaw in the system. When Anderton finds himself accused of the future murder of a man he's never met his faith in Precrime is instantly shaken. He goes on the run and is trailed by the relentless Precrime police. In the tradition of Blade Runner (also based on a Dick story) Minority Report is a dark brooding vision of the future. Spielberg expertly mixes thrilling chase and suspense sequences (the best of which involves Anderton being pursued by eye-scanning mechanical spiders) and stunning special effects with a challenging look at society's willingness to sacrifice privacy and the notion of free will for convenience and security. Minority Report is a thought-provoking and exciting film that ranks with Spielberg's best.

• The Hills Have Eyes | DVD | (07/09/2006) from £6.52   |  Saving you £13.47 (206.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A road trip goes terrifyingly awry when a family become stranded in a government atomic zone.

• The Glory Guys | DVD | (27/04/2009) from £13.48   |  Saving you £2.51 (15.70%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Renowned for its authentic depiction of frontier life The Glory Guys follows the lives and loves of a group of young cavalry men from their initial recruitment and training to eventually being lead towards their tragic fate by a sadistic war mongering General. Ordered to decimate anything that stand in the way of his brutal crusade his troops are soon drawn into a bloody relentless battle and a breathtaking climax. Starring Tom Tryon Harve Presnell (Fargo Flags of Our Fathers Evan Almighty) Senta Berger (Cross of Iron The Quiller Memorandum) and James Caan (The Godfather Get Smart) in one of his first film appearances. The Glory Guys is directed by TV veteran Arnold Laven (The A-Team) and based on a screenplay by Hollywood maverick Sam Peckinpah (The Iron Cross Billy The Kid).

• Ill Behaviour | DVD | (11/09/2017) from £5.40   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Thirty-something friends Joel, Charlie and Tess are having a tough time. Joel is recently divorced and now has the hots for doctor Nadia, a raging alcoholic/ Tess has quit her job. And Charlie well, Charlie has cancer. Charlie wants to treat the cancer naturally (it's curable if caught in time) but Joel is convinced this is suicide. There's only one thing for it: kidnapping. Joel and Tess bundle off Charlie to a secret country house and, with Nadia's ˜help', begin a course of chemotherapy with Charlie tied to a chair. Tempers flare, temperatures rise, copious amounts of alcohol are consumed and crossbows are brandished. Mates turn into enemies, enemies turn into lovers and life-long friendships bend, stretch and shatter.

• When Husbands Cheat | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Tess McCall had better be careful or she might find what she's looking for when she starts spying on cheating husbands. What starts out strictly as amateur sluething quickly turns into a full-time profession for this middleaged mother of two. Using logic intuition and numerous high-tech surveillance gadgets Tess succeeds in helping jilted wives such as Sally Russell find out about their wandering husbands. But catching unsuspected philanderers in the act is one thing; getting the goods on one that is a police officer is another - especially when he is married to her. When evidence starts pointing to her husband Craig's infidelity Tess is faced with a difficult decision - whether to spy on his afterhours activities or believe that all those incriminating clues are the result of his own undercover police work. Like any good detective Tess goes with her instincts. But she soon finds out more than she bargained for. Her work uncovers a long history of incessant womanising that she had been blind to for years. This is the tale of a woman whose new calling empowers and liberates her and enables her to assist other women who have become victims of their husbands' deception. Based on a true story...

• Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers -Still Free | DVD | (14/04/2014) from £9.43   |  Saving you £-1.44 (-18.00%)   |  RRP £7.99

  At the age of ten year old, Thomas Earl Pettys destiny to become one of Americas most popular and prolific singer/songwriters began when he met Elvis Presley on the movie set in Florida. Tom Petty has often mentioned that his drive to be a member of a rock n roll band was further reinforced when he saw The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show. At that time, he would never have dreamed of the phenomenal success he would enjoy, and that eventually he would collaborate with some of his musical heroes.

• Toy Story 3 Triple Play | Blu Ray | (22/11/2010) from £13.09   |  Saving you £12.90 (98.55%)   |  RRP £25.99

  What made the original Toy Story so great, besides its significant achievement as the first-ever feature-length computer animated film, was its ability to instantly transport viewers into a magical world where it seemed completely plausible that toys were living, thinking beings who sprang to life the minute they were alone and wanted nothing more than to be loved and played with by their children. Toy Story 3 absolutely succeeds in the very same thing--adults and children alike, whether they've seen the original film or not, find themselves immediately immersed in a world in which Woody (Tom Hanks), Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen), Jessie (Joan Cusack), Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head (Don Rickles and Estelle Harris), Ham (John Ratzenberger), Rex (Wallace Shawn), the aliens, and the rest of Andy's toys remain completely devoted to Andy (John Morris) even as he's getting ready to pack up and leave for college. Woody scoffs at the other toys' worries that they'll end up in the garbage, assuring them that they've earned a spot of honor in the attic, but when the toys are mistakenly donated to Sunnyside Daycare, Woody is the only toy whose devotion to Andy outweighs the promise of getting played with each and every day. Woody sets off toward home alone while the other toys settle in for some daycare fun, but things don't turn out quite as expected at the daycare thanks to the scheming, strawberry-scented old-timer bear Lots-o'-Huggin' (Ned Beatty). Eventually, Woody rejoins his friends and they all attempt a daring escape from the daycare, which could destroy them all. The pacing of the film is impeccable at this point, although the sense of peril may prove almost too intense for a few young viewers. Pixar's 3-D computer animation is top-notch as always and the voice talent in this film is tremendous, but in the end, it's Pixar's uncanny ability to combine drama, action, and humour in a way that irresistibly draws viewers into the world of the film that makes Toy Story 3 such great family entertainment. (Ages 7 and older) --Tami Horiuchi

• Cutaway | DVD | (23/12/2002) from £5.47   |  Saving you £-2.48 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  U.S. Customs agent Victor (Stephen Baldwin) is a special operative who goes Deep Cover to bring down some of the worlds most notorious drugs lords he works under various aliases and he always brings these criminals to justice. He discovers that a group of financial drug smugglers have been using parachutes to skydive the drugs in at night. Gradually Caruso blurs the line that separates his mission from his new found passion having ultimately to choose between his duty and his lifestyle which he has come to obsess.