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• Bride And Prejudice | DVD | (30/03/2005) from £6.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (220.44%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The director of "Bend it Like Beckham" adds a little Bollywood style to Jane Austen's classic tale, "Pride and Prejudice."

• Rome - The Complete First Series | DVD | (24/07/2006) from £16.65   |  Saving you £34.34 (206.25%)   |  RRP £50.99

  The complete first season of the daring ground-breaking and controversial historical drama series. Think of The Sopranos in ancient Rome and you'll get a flavour... This six disc box set contains the 12 hour-long episodes of the first season: this features the HBO 'cut' which includes over an hour of footage not broadcast on the BBC! The year is 52 B.C. Four hundred years after the founding of the Republic Rome is the wealthiest city in the world a cosmopolitan metropolis

• Pride & Prejudice | Blu Ray | (26/01/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Kama Sutra - A Tale Of Love | DVD | (28/01/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Though it contains several erotically charged and explicit love scenes, Kama Sutra - A Tale of Love is not a sex film, but a tragic romance set in the royal court of 16th century India. It is Princess Tara's (Sarita Choudhury) misfortune to marry the debauched, increasingly opium-addled Raj Singh (Naveen Andrews), and servant-girl Maya's (Indira Varma) fate to become the object of the Raj's desire, though she in turn loves the sculptor, Jai (Ramon Tikaram). The Kama Sutra itself is already hundreds of years old at the time of this tale, but it provides the love lessons by which lowly Maya learns to become a royal courtesan. Varma dominates the film in her first starring role, displaying a determination, quiet intelligence and sensuality which offer compensation for the often overly languorous pace. This is certainly a beautiful film, with a deeply evocative score by Mychael Danna, but as a drama it only really comes to life in the last half hour. Both Anna and the King (1999) and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) are more effective Eastern historical romances, while the overlooked Heat and Dust (1982) introduced Greta Scacchi alongside Julie Christie as two Western women discovering the erotic pleasures of 20th century India. --Gary S. Dalkin

• Paranoid | DVD | (30/01/2017) from £4.09   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When a woman is murdered in a children's playground, a group of detectives embark on what initially seems to be a straightforward murder investigation but are quickly drawn into an ever-darkening mystery, taking them from the small town life they have always known, into a dangerous and beguiling journey across Europe. Will leave you looking over your shoulder The Mirror A dark conspiracy drama The Telegraph It could well join the ranks of Grantchester and Broadchurch The Guardian

• Rome: Complete Seasons 1 And 2 | DVD | (19/11/2007) from £44.99   |  Saving you £26.00 (57.79%)   |  RRP £70.99

  Family dysfunction. Treachery. Betrayal. Coarse profanity. Brutal violence. Graphic (and sometimes brutal) sex. No, it's not The Sopranos, it's Rome, HBO's madly ambitious series that bloodily splatters the glory of Rome just as savagely as Monty Python and the Holy Grail soiled the good name of Camelot (but with far fewer laughs; very few funny things happen on the way to this forum). Set in 52 B.C. (Before Cable), Rome charts the dramatic shifts in the balance of power between former friends Pompey Magnus (Kenneth Cranham), leader of the Senate, and Julius Caesar (Ciaran Hinds), whose imminent return after eight years to Rome after conquering the Gauls, has the ruling class up in arms. At the heart of Rome is the odd couple friendship between two soldiers who fortuitously become heroes of the people. Lucius Vorenus (Kevin McKidd) is married, honorable, and steadfast. Titus Pullo (Ray Stevenson) is an amoral rogue whose philosophy is best summed up, "I kill my enemies, take their gold, and enjoy their women". Among Rome's most compelling subplots is Lucius's strained relationship with his wife, Niobe (Indira Varma), who is surprised to see her husband alive (but not as surprised as he is to find her upon his homecoming with a newborn baby in her arms!) Any viewer befuddlement over Rome's intrigues and machinations, and determining who is hero and who is foe, disappears the minute Golden Globe-nominee Polly Walker appears as Atia, Caesar's formidable niece and a villainess for the ages. In the first hour alone, she offers her already married daughter as a bride to the recently widowed Pompey. One eagerly awaits to see what (or who) she'll do next as much as we anticipate her comeuppance in the final episode of the first series. Rome is a painstakingly mounted production that earned eight well-deserved Emmy nominations in such categories as costumes, set design, and art direction. Michael Apted (Coal Miner's Daughter) was honored with a Director's Guild Award for the first ever episode, "The Stolen Eagle." But artistic considerations aside, instantly addicted viewers will agree with Atia, who notes at one point, "I adore the secrecy, the intrigue. It's most thrilling." --Donald Liebenson

• Luther: Series 1-3 | Blu Ray | (08/06/2015) from £11.98   |  Saving you £35.00 (350.35%)   |  RRP £44.99

  John Luther is a maverick detective working for London’s serious crime unit in this gripping intelligent and hard hitting drama. Luther is a dedicated policeman an inspired maker of connections and a whirlwind genius. He is dazzling obsessive and sometimes dangerous in the violence of his fixations. This box set features all three explosive series which sees Idris Elba play the lead role superbly and features an excellent supporting cast including Ruth Wilson Warren Brown and Steven Macintosh. Extra: Luther – The World of a True Maverick

• Kama Sutra | DVD | (01/09/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  According to the Kama Sutra sex without love is completely natural and very rewarding but sex with someone you love can be so much more - holy divine even spiritual. Tara is a princess Maya is her servant. Both these women were raised as childhood friends and rivals and each uses the unique teachings of the Kama Sutra in a game of sexual chess.

• The Whistleblowers - Series 1 | DVD | (12/11/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Whistleblower is a six-part drama series which focusses on a paralegal team who investigate cases of whistleblowing.

• Mindscape | DVD | (25/08/2014) from £11.57   |  Saving you £4.42 (38.20%)   |  RRP £15.99

  John is a recently widowed man with the ability to enter people's memories. In the past John used his abilities to solve criminal cases but after a stroke during a session gone wrong that leaves him incapacitated and financially broken he is left a shell of his former self. Desperate for an assignment John asks his superior Sebastian for a new job. The case he receives is that of a troubled girl Anna who has begun a hunger strike. While the parameters of the job seem quite simple Anna proves to be much more challenging than John expected. She's intelligent insightful... and possibly one of the most conniving and manipulative people that he's come across in his career. As John delves deeper into her memories to discover the reason for her hunger strike everyone surrounding Anna's life becomes a suspect - her family her nurse even his old mentor Sebastian himself.

• Broken News - Series 1 | DVD | (01/01/2007) from £11.27   |  Saving you £8.72 (77.37%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Five continents. 25 channels. 227 reporters. Broken News is all the news you're ever going to need in 30 minutes! A satirical look at the onscreen world of rolling news. All 6 episodes of the series first seen on BBC 2.

• Luther: Series 1 | Blu Ray | (08/06/2015) from £6.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (185.98%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Idris Elba is the magnetic star of the thrilling BBC police series Luther, a gritty, captivating drama that will impress fans of police procedurals and knotty character studies. Elba (The Wire, The Big C, The Office, 28 Days Later) is a nuanced, tortured presence as DCI John Luther, a detective focused on understanding the most horrifying criminal mind. Luther also has sacrificed a normal personal life for his work, and Luther focuses on his back-story as much as on the plot at hand. The supporting cast is as brilliant as Elba, especially Indira Varma as his estranged wife, Zoe, and Ruth Wilson as the fragile-seeming but only marginally sane Alice, with whom Luther has been having a secret affair. The episodes are fairly straightforward police procedurals, including serial killers and other creepy bad guys. But what keeps Luther extra engaging is the superior writing, direction, and production design--making watching Luther an immersive experience for the viewer. And it's not always a comfortable one--this is not the cleaned-up New York of Law & Order, where most bad things happen off screen. Luther's bad guys (and gals) commit their evil deeds on camera and sometimes in slow motion--which only heightens the suspense and deep feeling of immersion. Luther and its focus on its leading character's personal life owes a lot to Helen Mirren's Prime Suspect, but Elba and the supporting cast of Luther do even more to make the viewer feel a part of the imperfect British law-enforcement system. The boxed set includes an excellent documentary with interviews with series creator Neil Cross and the directors and cast members discussing how they deliberately designed the series to be more "impressionistic" than "realistic" in terms of plot. (The interviews would have more impact if they weren't streamed onto a computer screen, but that's a small quibble.) Catch Luther while he tries to catch the bad blokes, and enjoy every twisted step of the journey. --A.T. Hurley. Amazon.com

• Waste Of Shame - William Shakespeare | DVD | (22/06/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  An intense drama about the passionate and destructive love triangle that consumed Shakespere in his troubled middle years - adapting some of the most celebrated sexual raw and vitriolic love poems ever written. Shakespeare''s Sonnets are the most compelling source for an emotional and dramatic journey into the psychology of the man himself. Self-analytical brutally honest they allow us to go behind the scenes of this complex genius - they are his story told in his own words. Behind the lyrical beautifully crafted language a brooding obsession with the 'Lovely Boy'' and Shakespeare''s extra-marital relationship with a 'Dark Lady'' is revealed. The sonnet sequence is his unique meditation on love sex mortality and the creative urge which has tantalised scholars and casual readers alike. With a host of famous faces in the leading roles the drama brings the bawdiness and the pitfalls of 16th century promiscuity to life. Rupert Graves Zo'' Wanamaker and Anna Chancellor star.

• DNA | DVD | (18/05/2009) from £13.48   |  Saving you £2.51 (18.62%)   |  RRP £15.99

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• Sixth Happiness | DVD | (28/03/2005) from £5.29   |  Saving you £14.70 (277.88%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Firdaus Kanga adapts and stars in this film of his autobiographical novel 'Trying To Grow'. Told with considerable humour the film examines the difficult life of a young gay Parsee with brittle bone disease.

• Xena - Warrior Princess - Series 1 - Part 1 | DVD | (17/09/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  First aired in 1995 Xena: Warrior Princess now boasts a huge cult following. Xena is a charismatic and highly-skilled warrior from ancient times. This DVD box set includes the half of the first season of this action-packed series. Episodes comprise: 1. Sins Of The Past 2. Chariots Of War 3. Dreamworker 4. Cradle Of Hope 5. The Path Not Taken 6. The Reckoning 7. The Titans 8. Prometheus 9. Death In Chains 10. Hooves & Harlots 11. The Black Wolf 12. Beware Greeks Bearing Gifts Please note: This DVD box set includes half the first season episodes but not in the order they were aired.

• Gully Boy | DVD | (24/09/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Bride And Prejudice / The Wedding Planner / Suzie Gold | DVD | (19/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Bride & Prejudice: Bollywood meets Hollywood... And it's a perfect match! From the team behind international smash hit Bend It Like Beckham comes a Jane Austen adaptation like never before. Pride & Prejudice gets the Bollywood treatment and the result is a spectacular fusion of East meets West. Austen's classic love story unfolds in a riot of colour and emotion song and dance that jet-sets from rural India via London to Los Angeles. A must see for lovers of musicals Bollyw

• Mad Dogs | DVD | (26/12/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  London one year from today... The dogs of England are dying of 'Mad Dog Disease' and Rabbie Burns young drifter and certified schizophrenic is hearing voices again - on Underground trains over supermarket tannoys and on his own TV. He has 30 hours a last weekend to save the world from itself before the Supreme Being himself loses patience and starts over with a new species...

• Xena - Warrior Princess - 2.25 / 2.26 / 2.27 - Orphan Of War / Remember Nothing / Giant Killer | DVD | (17/04/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Xena--you gotta love her: after all, she could snap your neck just by straightening her knees. She sprang fully armed from Sam Raimi's head in March 1995, to flesh out an otherwise routine episode of the television series Hercules, a 5' 10" high-kicking, horse-riding, chakram-throwing ancient-Greek-warrior princess, who mustered armies the way some women shop for shoes, turning heroes against one another as gleefully as she laid waste to sweet little villages.Except that somewhere beneath that straight dark fringe and hard-boiled leather breastplate lurk doubts, feelings, even a soul. She was so popular on Hercules her spin-off was an instant certainty--and pretty soon the subtext of her own series was unfolding. Xena is on journey from evil to good, but this can only be enabled via the companionship of bossy redhead scribe/bard Gabrielle, her constant companion. Set in a lush New Zealand doubling for the pagan Mediterranean, as misruled by Ares, Aphrodite, Poseidon and the rest of the Mount Olympus gang, Xena: Warrior Princess recounts these exploits, as the duo confront gods, monsters, warlords, idiots and anachronisms, as well as their own flaws and desires, at the hilarious and sometimes unsettling mythological cross-roads where touchy-feelly Californian feminism meets high-camp chop-socky pantheism seasoned with the Way of Peplum Tao. --Honey GlassIn the second series (first aired US 1996-97) Xena and Gabrielle (plus goofy side-sidekick the Joxer) meet the Fates, the (surprisingly Gothic) Bacchae, Ulysses, Cupid, Goliath, Santa Claus and (perhaps) the baby Jesus, as well as full-on Xena foe Julius Caesar and her former healer-mentor M'Lila. While filming this series, Xena actress Lucy Lawless was thrown by a horse on Tonight with Jay Leno, and injured: hence a sudden slew of swapped-body stories (Callisto, Autolycus and Gabrielle each have to mimic Xena for an episode), while domestic comedy and/or parody stories contribute to the medically advisable action-lite plot lines. Meanwhile, Callisto murders Gabrielle's hubby-to-be, and the narrative tension deepens. --Honey Glass