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• One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest | DVD | (12/04/1999) from £6.90   |  Saving you £7.09 (102.75%)   |  RRP £13.99

  One of the key movies of the 1970s, when exciting, groundbreaking, personal films were still being made in Hollywood, Milos Forman's One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest emphasised the humanistic story at the heart of Ken Kesey's more hallucinogenic novel. Jack Nicholson was born to play the part of Randle Patrick McMurphy, the rebellious inmate of a psychiatric hospital who fights back against the authorities' cold attitudes of institutional superiority, as personified by Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher). It's the classic antiestablishment tale of one man asserting his individuality in the face of a repressive, conformist system--and it works on every level. Forman populates his film with memorably eccentric faces, and gets such freshly detailed and spontaneous work from his ensemble that the picture sometimes feels like a documentary. Unlike a lot of films pitched at the "youth culture" of the 1970s, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest really hasn't dated a bit, because the qualities of human nature that Forman captures--playfulness, courage, inspiration, pride, stubbornness--are universal and timeless. The film swept the Academy Awards for 1976, winning in all the major categories (picture, director, actor, actress, screenplay) for the first time since Frank Capra's It Happened One Night in 1931. --Jim Emerson

• Star Trek III: The Search For Spock 4K UHD Amazon Exclusive Steelbook (Includes Poster and Booklet) | Blu Ray | (27/05/2024) from £30.00   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Silent Witness - Series 9 and 10 | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £10.99   |  Saving you £14.00 (127.39%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The departure of Professor Sam Ryan in series seven means that the forensic pathology department is now headed by doctors Leo Dalton and Harry Cunningham. Firmly established new recruit Nikki Alexander has become an indispensable member of the department. Together they must tackle a variety of mysterious and suspicious deaths: The Crimes the team investigate in these series' include; people trafficking a woman killed in a terrible fire a spate of drive by shootings and a possible copycat sex killer preying on women in both London and Amsterdam.

• Doctor Who - The Collection - Season 10 | Blu Ray | (05/07/2021) from £42.09   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The Three Doctors Carnival of Monsters Frontier in Space Planet of the Daleks The Green Death A classic season featuring the Third Doctor all 26 episodes newly restored for Blu-ray and packed with bonus material including: Optional Updated Effects and 5:1 Surround Sound For Planet Of The Daleks Doctor Who and the Third Man A new feature-length documentary covering the Pertwee era Keeping up with the Joneses Katy Manning and Stewart Bevan return to Wales Looking for Lennie The life and career of director Lennie Mayne The Green Death 1973 Omnibus Repeat Available for the first time Special Blu-ray Trailer Featuring the return of Jo and Cliff Jones This set also features extensive Special Features previously released on DVD including: Making Of Documentaries Featurettes Rare Footage Audio Commentaries Info Text Bonus Episodes From The Sarah Jane Adventures And Much More. Also Includes 12-Page Booklet Detailing Disc Contents.

• Marvel Studios Black Widow Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (13/09/2021) from £7.00   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Natasha Romanoffaka Black Widowconfronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. Pursued by a force that will stop at nothing to bring her down, Natasha must deal with her history as a spy and the broken relationships left in her wake long before she became an Avenger. Special Features Filmmaker Introduction Sisters Gonna Work It Out Go Big If You're Going Home Gag Reel Deleted Scenes

• Sunset Boulevard | DVD | (07/04/2003) from £5.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (166.94%)   |  RRP £15.99

  More than half a century after its release in 1950, Sunset Boulevard is still the most pungently unflattering portrait of Hollywood ever committed to celluloid. Billy Wilder, unequalled at combining a literate, sulphurous script with taut direction, hits his target relentlessly. The humour--and the film is rich in this, Wilder's most abundant commodity--is black indeed. Sunset Boulevard is viciously and endlessly clever. William Holden's opportunistic scriptwriter Joe Gillis, whose sellout proves fatal, is from the top drawer of film noir. Gloria Swanson's monstrously deluded Norma Desmond, the benchmark for washed-up divas, transcends parody. And her literal descent down the staircase to madness is one of the all-time great silver-screen moments. Sunset Boulevard isn't without pathos, most notably in Erich von Stroheim's protective butler who wants only to shield his mistress from the stark truths that are massing against her. But its view of human beings at work in a ruthlessly cannibalistic industry is bleak indeed. Nobody, not even Nancy Olson's sparkily ambitious writer Betty Schaefer, is untainted. And neither are we, "those wonderful people out there in the dark". Norma might be ready for her close-up, but it's really Hollywood that's in the frame. No wonder Wilder incurred the charge of treachery from his peers. It's cinematic perfection. On the DVD: Sunset Boulevard lends itself effortlessly to a collector's edition of this quality. The film itself is presented in full-frame aspect ratio from an excellent print and the quality of the mono soundtrack is faultless: the silver screen comes to life in your living room. The extras are superb, including a commentary from film historian Ed Sikov and a making-of documentary which includes the memories of Nancy Olson. Interactive features such as the Hollywood location map add to the fun. --Piers Ford

• Ghostbusters / Ghostbusters 2 | DVD | (24/10/2005) from £4.81   |  Saving you £11.18 (232.43%)   |  RRP £15.99

  They're here to save the world! Featuring both of the Ghostbuster films which showcased the considerable talents of Saturday Night Live comedians Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd; as well as Sigourney Weaver and Rick Moranis. Ghostbusters (Dir. Ivan Reitman 1984): Who ya gonna call? Ghostbusters! Gaggles of little green ghosts spooks and a host of paranormal occurrences are on the rampage in New York. Can anyone save the world from these supe

• Gone In 60 Seconds | DVD | (11/06/2001) from £6.05   |  Saving you £-0.06 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Gone in 60 Seconds opens on Kip Raines (Giovanni Ribisi), a cocky young car thief working with a crew to steal 50 cars for a very bad man whose nickname is "The Carpenter". Being young and cocky, Kip messes up, so its up to his big brother, Randall "Memphis" Raines (Nicolas Cage), to come out of car-thief retirement and save him. With a cast that includes Robert Duvall, Angelina Jolie, Delroy Lindo, Cage and Ribisi, it would be easy to say this story wastes all their talents--which it does, but thats not the point. This is a Jerry Bruckheimer film. A good story and complex characters would only get in the way of the action scenes and slow the movie down. No, Gone in 60 Seconds (based on the cult 1974 film of the same name) is not about the stars as much as its about cars. Fast cars. Rare cars. Wrecked cars. All cars. Too bad director Dominic Sena (Kalifornia) doesnt come across as more of a gearhead; he seems less interested in fast cars than fast cuts. But is this movie fun? Absolutely, and its fun because its so stupid. With pointless car chases and hackneyed dialogue in one of the most predictable plots of the year, Gone in 60 Seconds is a comic film thats not quite a parody of itself, but darn close. --Andy Spletzer, Amazon.com

• Silent Witness Series 22 | DVD | (04/03/2019) from £9.94   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The award-winning crime drama returns with five thrilling two-part stories, starring Emilia Fox in the lead role alongside David Caves, Liz Carr and Richard Lintern. In Series 22 pathologist Dr Nikki Alexander and her dedicated team help the police solve a slew of mystifying murders.

• Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas--Special Edition | DVD | (17/11/2003) from £4.25   |  Saving you £7.74 (182.12%)   |  RRP £11.99

  For those who never thought Disney would release a film in which Santa Claus is kidnapped and tortured, well, here it is. The full title is Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, which should give you an idea of the tone of this stop-action animated musical/fantasy/horror/comedy. It is based on characters created by Burton, the former Disney animator best known as the director of Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands and the first two Batman movies. His benignly scary-funny sensibility dominates the story of Halloweentown resident Jack Skellington (voice by Danny Elfman, who also wrote the songs), who stumbles on a bizarre and fascinating alternative universe called ... Christmastown! Directed by Henry Selick (who later made the delightful James and the Giant Peach), this PG-rated picture has a reassuringly light touch. As Roger Ebert noted in his review, "some of the Halloween creatures might be a tad scary for smaller children, but this is the kind of movie older kids will eat up; it has the kind of offbeat, subversive energy that tells them wonderful things are likely to happen." --Jim EmersonOn the DVD:This Special edition is a must for all Burton fans with the biggest gem to be found on a DVD release--"Tim Burtons Early Films" which holds his first two works. Vincent is clear predecessor of Nightmare before Christmas using the same stop-animation style and voiced superbly by Vincent Price himself; and Frankenweenie--a B&W live-action flick--takes you back to early B-movie territory seen through the eyes of a boy. Added to these films is a great special-features menu including a short documentary offering an interview with Burton, which exposes the inspiration for this magical animation and presents the three-year task of making the "Nightmare". On top of this is an in-depth commentary by director Henry Selick and Art director Pete Kozachik and layer upon layer of "character development" offering an insight into the intensity of thought that went into making these animated figures real. You also get a great selection of storyboards along with the sequences they manifest into, deleted storyboards and an animated sequence with a surprise alternative ending. The menu is beautifully animated in keeping with the style of artwork in the film. With a 1.66:1 widescreen format and Dolby digital transfer this charming DVD is perfect for Halloween, Christmas and beyond! --Nikki Disney

• The Thirty Nine Steps | DVD | (15/01/2001) from £4.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (100.20%)   |  RRP £9.99

  It's not the 1935 Hitchcock classic, but this sturdy 1978 adaptation of John Buchan's The Thirty Nine Steps is still a rollicking good adventure. In keeping with the Boys' Own derring-do of the story (set in Edwardian London and the Scottish Highlands), the movie maintains a brisk pace that's interrupted only for tea or cocktails. Robert Powell is Richard Hannay, the man who unwittingly becomes embroiled in a dastardly Prussian plot to assassinate the Greek Prime Minister. Framed for murder, Hannay must flee to Scotland and attempt to clear his name whilst outwitting the prune-faced Prussian agents. Among all the deftly choreographed action sequences and careful period settings there's a strong vein of humour in the film, and if it wasn't for the numerous murders there would be little reason for PG certification. The grand dénouement comes with the realisation that the predicted time for the assassination is linked to Big Ben; unlike the earlier movie this version climaxes memorably with Powell hanging from the clock's minute hand. It might not be Hitchcock behind the lens, but it's still jolly good fun. --Joan Byrne

• The Towering Inferno | Blu Ray | (16/11/2009) from £7.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (125.16%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A dedication ceremony at the world's tallest skyscraper turns into a high-rise catastrophe when an electrical flare-up causes a raging fire trapping society's most prominent citizens on the top floor! Winner of three Academy Awards this spectacular suspense thriller features dazzling special effects and a star-studded cast including Paul Newman Steve McQueen William Holden and Faye Dunaway.

• The Graduate | DVD | (15/09/2008) from £6.29   |  Saving you £6.70 (106.52%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In his first major film role Dustin Hoffman plays an ultra-nave college graduate who's seduced by a middle-aged woman played by the scintillating Anne Bancroft and then falls in love with her daughter. With the sharpest of scripts and a perfect soundtrack by Simon & Garfunkel this film was deservedly nominated for 6 Oscars and won Nichols an Academy Award for Best Director.

• Doctor Who: The Reign Of Terror | DVD | (28/01/2013) from £5.99   |  Saving you £14.00 (233.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The last episode from the first season of this long-running BBC series. While trying to return to 1960s London the Doctor (the first incarnation played by William Hartnell), Ian (William Russell), Barbara (Jacqueline Hill) and Susan (Carol Ann Ford) discover themselves in eighteenth century France caught up in the revolution. They are arrested as traitors and Barbara and Susan are sentenced to death. The Doctor takes on the disguise of a leading revolutionary and must outwit his enemies to be...

• Manhunter - Special Edition | Blu Ray | (26/09/2011) from £7.00   |  Saving you £12.99 (185.57%)   |  RRP £19.99

  When a vicious killer dubbed ‘The Tooth Fairy’ starts a killing spree killing entire families while they sleep the FBI enlist help from retired Detective Will Graham (William Petersen) who reluctantly agrees to help track down this ruthless psychopath. Will knows that he has the gift of being able to emphasise and talk to killers on their level, so he seeks advice from Dr. Hannibal Lecktor (Brian Cox) the last killer he caught before retiring. Meanwhile the killer (Tom Noonan) is becoming very close to a work colleague and has found the only kindliness he has ever known but this isn’t stopping him from planning his next massacre as he has already started to stalk his next victims.

• The Lady Eve | DVD | (20/06/2005) from £5.00   |  Saving you £4.99 (99.80%)   |  RRP £9.99

  In 1941 Barbara Stanwyck was offered two screwball roles equally suited to her tart intelligence deft comic timing and undeniable sex appeal and it's a photo finish as to which was funnier; showgirl-on-the-lam Sugarpuss O'Shea the title character in Howard Hawks's 'Ball of Fire' or con artist Jean Harrington a.k.a. Lady Eve Sidwich the delirious fulcrum for this classic Preston Sturges comedy. Under Sturges's typically antic microscope the collision between the gold-digging

• V.F.W. - Blu Ray | Blu Ray | (06/04/2020) from £5.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A typical night for a group of war veterans at the local VFW turns into an all-out battle for survival when a teenage girl runs into the bar with a bag of stolen drugs. Suddenly under attack from a gang of punk mutants looking to get back what's theirs -- at any cost -- the vets use every weapon they can put together to protect the girl, and their VFW, in the biggest fight of their lives. A Gory and fun throwback to 80 s punk rock action movies Flickering Myth.

• Heartbeat - The Complete Series 11 | DVD | (27/08/2012) from £23.75   |  Saving you £26.24 (110.48%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this phenomenally popular series stars Jason Durr as PC Mike Bradley, the former Metropolitan officer whose work takes him into the heart of rural community life. Staple Sunday-night viewing for two decades, with colourful regular characters that viewers took to their hearts and a wonderfully nostalgic soundtrack, Heartbeat scooped many prestigious awards including Best Performing Peak-Time Drama in 1999 (beating Coronation Street), and a number of ITV Programme of the Year awards. Attracting a peak audience of 14 million and spawning a highly successful spin-off, The Royal, the series has garnered a devoted following, remaining prime-time viewing world-wide. Guest-starring Leslie Grantham, Celia Imrie, Peter Vaughan, Robert Glenister and Jan Francis, this series sees ex-CID man Dennis Merton replacing the newly promoted Sgt. Craddock. Facing some of Aidensfield s most dramatic situations, Mike and Dr. Tricia Summerbee discover an increasing mutual attraction; but when a violent case leaves Tricia fighting for her life, it seems Mike could lose her just as their relationship has begun to flourish...

• Air Force One | DVD | (11/06/2001) from £4.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (220.44%)   |  RRP £15.99

  If you can manage to suspend your disbelief for the duration, you won't be disappointed with Air Force One. Harrison Ford plays a US president who single-handedly employs his rigid anti-terrorism policy when a band of Russian thugs hatch a mid-flight takeover of Air Force One. Gary Oldman, who chews the scenery as the lead terrorist, will shoot a hostage at the slightest provocation. Glenn Close plays the sternly pragmatic vice president who negotiates with Oldman from her Washington seat of power. If you can believe that the aircraft's pressurized cabin can sustain hundreds of rounds of machine-gun fire, you'll buy anything in this entertaining potboiler, especially thanks to Ford's stalwart heroics and some nifty special effects. Director Wolfgang Petersen (Das Boot) keeps the action moving so fast you won't be sweating the details.--Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | Blu Ray | (06/09/2021) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When a mysterious alien power threatens the atmosphere of Earth in the 23rd Century, Kirk and his crew must time travel back to 1986 San Francisco to save mankind. Exploring this strange new world, they encounter punk rock, pizza and exact-change buses that are as alien as anything in the far reaches of the galaxy. This thrilling, action-packed, and often hysterical installment of the original motion picture saga looks better than ever on Blu-ray, boldly remastered from a 4K scan of the original film elements.