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• Innerspace | DVD | (26/08/2002) from £6.49   |  Saving you £7.50 (115.56%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Innerspace is assured a place in the Hollywood history books as the movie which brought Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan together as one of cinema's most famous couples. The film itself belongs among a series of feelgood fantasies presented by Steven Spielberg in the 1980s, including Back to the Future (1984) and from the same director, Joe Dante, Gremlins (1983). Innerspace offers Dante's usual mixture of comedy, exciting action and fantasy, the plot being a variation on Fantastic Voyage (1966). Test pilot Quaid is miniaturised and as a result of a bungled attempt to steal the new experimental technology, accidentally injected into the body of a deeply stressed and insecure Martin Short. Quaid is charismatic and commanding, Ryan gives an early demonstration of her patent romantic comedy persona, but it's Short's picture as he delivers a perfectly nuanced performance pitched between slapstick and paranoia. The Oscar-winning special effects enhance rather than dominate the story, which, though it gets a bit too silly in places, is generally inventive and sufficiently action packed to sustain the almost two-hour running time. Jerry Goldsmith's muscular score is a major asset, while in-joke spotters will have fun picking out everyone from Chuck Jones to William Schallert (the doctor in The Incredible Shrinking Man (1! 957)). On the DVD: Innerspace on disc has a group commentary with director Joe Dante, producer Michael Finnell, visual effects supervisor Dennis Muren and actor Kevin McCarthy. This is engaging if far from riveting. The original trailer is anamorphically enhanced and there are two perfunctory pages listing cast, crew and the film's Oscar for special effects. The original Dolby Spectral soundtrack has been remixed into Dolby Digital 5.1 and is bold, clear and powerful. The picture is presented at 1.78:1 and is a virtually flawless transfer: colours are rich, detail levels are high and the only trace of grain is in a few particularly high contrast shots.--Gary S. Dalkin

• Butterflies - The Complete Collection | DVD | (21/03/2011) from £20.05   |  Saving you £29.94 (149.33%)   |  RRP £49.99

  This classic poignant BBC comedy starring Wendy Craig as the bored suburban housewife Ria looking for more from life. Ria is seemingly happy with two teenage sons but after 19 years of marriage she feels that everyone is taking her for granted and that life is passing her by.

• Bicentennial Man | DVD | (06/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  From director Chris Columbus comes this original funny and heart-warming film. When Richard Martin (Sam Neill) introduced a robot named Andrew (Robin Williams) to the family nobody expects anything more than an ordinary household appliance. But this is no ordinary robot! Andrew is a unique machine with real emotions a sense of humour and a burning curiosity to discover what it means to be human. Over the course of his service with the Martins spanning two hundred years and several

• Dead End | DVD | (12/07/2005) from £12.61   |  Saving you £0.38 (3.01%)   |  RRP £12.99

  On the mean streets of New York's Lower East Side Drina (Sylvia Sidney) hopes to save her brother from a life of crime. But notorious hoodlum Baby Face Martin (Bogart) has come back to his old haunts looking for trouble and threatening to drag the boy down with him. Drina turns to her childhood friend Dave (Joel McCrea) for help. But can he stop Martin without becoming just like him?

• Bicentennial Man | DVD | (03/07/2000) from £26.96   |  Saving you £-22.97 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Bicentennial Man was stung at the 1999 box office, due no doubt in part to poor timing during a backlash against Robin Williams and his treacly performances in two other, then-recent, releases, Jakob the Liar and Patch Adams. But this near-approximation of a science-fiction epic, based on works by Isaac Asimov and directed, with uncharacteristic seriousness of purpose, by Chris Columbus (Mrs Doubtfire), is much better than one would have known from the knee-jerk negativity and box-office indifference. Williams plays Andrew, a robot programmed for domestic chores and sold to an upper-middle-class family, the Martins, in the year 2005. The family patriarch (Sam Neill) recognizes and encourages Andrew's uncommon characteristics, particularly his artistic streak, sensitivity to beauty, humour and independence of spirit. In so doing, he sets Williams's tin man on a two-century journey to become more human than most human beings. As adapted by screenwriter Nicholas Kazan, the movie's scale is novelistic, though Columbus isn't the man to embrace with Spielbergian confidence its sweeping possibilities. Instead, the Home Alone director shakes off his familiar tendencies to pander and matures, finally, as a captivating storyteller. But what really makes this film matter is its undercurrent of deep yearning, the passion of Andrew as a convert to the human race and his willingness to sacrifice all to give and take love. Williams rises to an atypical challenge here as a futuristic Everyman, relying, perhaps for the first time, on his considerable iconic value to make the point that becoming human means becoming more like Robin Williams. Nothing wrong with that. -- Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• Butterflies - Series 3 - Complete | DVD | (07/03/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Wendy Craig stars as Ria in the third series of this classic BBC comedy. A seemingly happily married mother of two teenage sons she is married to the lugubrious dentist Ben (Geoffrey Palmer). Ben's hobby is collecting butterflies although he seems to spend most of his time arguing with their sons; the thoughtful Russell and the ever cynical Adam.

• The Fabulous Baker Boys | DVD | (22/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Frank and Jack Baker are professional musicians who play small clubs. Jack is the cynical talented one with a liking for casual relationships while Frank is more ordinary and organised with a suburban home and family. After a series of boring gigs they decide to hire a singer. Into their lives walks Susie Diamond a hard nosed woman with a face as beautiful as her voice. Their status begins to pick up but tensions are beginning to mount between the two brothers especially as romance is blossoming between Susie and Jack.

• Butterflies - Series 4 | DVD | (11/04/2005) from £19.80   |  Saving you £5.19 (26.21%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Wendy Craig stars as Ria in the fourth series of this classic BBC comedy. A seemingly happily married mother of two teenage sons she is married to the lugubrious dentist Ben )Geoffrey Palmer). Ben's hobby is collecting butterflies although he seems to spend most of his time arguing with their sons; the thoughtful Russell and the ever cynical Adam.

• The Good Son | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £9.43   |  Saving you £-3.44 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  For Mark Evans (Wood) the loss of his mother is too much to bear. What Mark needs is friendship and companionship so in a desperate bid to overcome his bereavement he is sent to stay with his cousin Henry (Culkin). But Mark discovers to his horror that his cousin is hiding dark secrets and a wicked mind full of trouble. His idea of fun is both evil and deadly... so deadly that Mark soon finds himself hunted and on the run in a deadly cat and mouse game of horror.

• Butterflies - Series 1 | DVD | (07/10/2002) from £14.30   |  Saving you £5.69 (39.79%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This classic poignant BBC comedy starring Wendy Craig as the bored suburban housewife Ria looking for more from life. Ria is seemingly happy with two teenage sons but after 19 years of marriage she feels that everyone is taking her for granted and that life is passing her by. A chance encounter with a handsome businessman Leonard leaves her dreaming of being swept off her feet. But dreaming is about as close as Ria gets before her lugubrious husband - the butterfly collecting d

• Butterflies - Complete | DVD | (13/06/2005) from £39.99   |  Saving you £50.00 (125.03%)   |  RRP £89.99

  Every episode of Carla Lane's bittersweet comedy in a fantastic four double DVD boxed set. This classic poignant BBC comedy starring Wendy Craig as the bored suburban housewife Ria looking for more from life. Ria is seemingly happy with two teenage sons but after 19 years of marriage she feels that everyone is taking her for granted and that life is passing her by.

• Midnight Run | DVD | (24/07/2000) from £9.98   |  Saving you £10.01 (100.30%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Director Martin Brest rocketed to the top of Hollywood's A list with the blockbuster success of Beverly Hills Cop, and this 1988 follow-up is even better. Midnight Run is a genuine rarity--an action comedy that's dramatically satisfying--thanks to a sharp script by George Gallo, the superb teaming of Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin, and Brest's consummate skill in combining suspense and humour with well-developed characters. De Niro plays a maverick bounty hunter whose latest assignment is Grodin, an accountant accused of embezzling from the Mob. De Niro thinks he's in for an easy job, transporting Grodin (who's afraid to fly) from New York to Los Angeles, but soon discovers that both the FBI and the Mafia are hot on Grodin's trail. Equal parts road trip, action thriller, and a quirky character study, Midnight Run moves at a breakneck pace but still gives De Niro and Grodin time to create rich, memorable performances as two men who seem to be opposites, but gradually develop mutual respect and admiration. Mainstream entertainment at its best. --Jeff Shannon

• Juliet Bravo - Season 1 | DVD | (12/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Newly-promoted Inspector Jean Darblay takes charge of the police station in the Lancashire town of Hartley. As the first female Inspector to be placed in charge of the station there is initially considerable scepticism from the long-standing staff... Episodes comprise: 1. Shot Gun 2. Fraudulently Uttered 3. The Draughtsman 4. Coins 5. Trouble At T'Mill 6. The Runner 7. Coming Back 8. Cages 9. Rage 10. The One Who Got Away 11. Expectations 12. Home-Grown Or Imported

• Butterflies - Series 2 - The Complete Series | DVD | (07/04/2003) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This classic poignant BBC comedy starring Wendy Craig as the bored suburban housewife Ria looking for more from life. Ria is seemingly happy with two teenage sons but after 19 years of marriage she feels that everyone is taking her for granted and that life is passing her by.

• Don't Open 'Til Christmas | DVD | (01/12/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  'Don't Open Till Christmas' is a thrilling and bizarre murder mystery where nothing is sacred - even Santa Claus! A killer is on the loose in London and his sights are set on one target - Santa Claus - dozens of them. Jolly old Saint Nick is stabbed beaten and electrocuted in department stores at parties and even on crowded street corners. What sort of twisted mind is behind these barbarous acts of violence?

• Teach Yourself Indian Head Massage | DVD | (28/04/2003) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-5.59 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A step by step guide to Indian head massaging. Now recognised as a relaxing and highly beneficial therapy combining massage of the shoulders arms neck face and head. No clothing need be removed and men women and children can all benefit. Indian head massage not only feels good but the benefits can be amazing. The treatment is soothing - yet revitalizing. Although this treatment can improve both hair texture and growth it can also be highly beneficial to those with little or no hair.

• Doomwatch - The Plastic Eaters / Tomorrow, The Rat | DVD | (01/01/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Doomwatch is the nickname of a scientific group with the power to assess new technology and ban dangerous developments. It wasn't supposed to cause trouble but unfortunately for the government this watchdog insists on biting. This exciting '70s drama series is anchored in scientific fact and is frighteningly close to reality.... Two episodes from the gripping BBC TV series: 'The Plastic Eaters' and 'Tomorrow The Rat'.