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• Pop Idol - A Star Is Born | DVD | (22/04/2002) from £6.98   |  Saving you £6.01 (86.10%)   |  RRP £12.99

  For all those of us who spent months debating the Will versus Gareth battle, Pop Idol: A Star is Born is the ideal fix of cheesy Pop Idol action for anyone missing their weekend dose. While those fascinated by the dubious talents at the audition stage will love the Pop Idol: Raw Talent! video, A Star is Born starts from the point where the contest was between 10 finalists, ending with Will's triumphant victory. This video is basically a compilation of performances from the show, which also includes Ant and Dec presenting the wannabes, and although you can't help but love those cheeky Newcastle lads, their introductions become annoyingly repetitive. There are no new stories or additional behind-the-scenes footage here: it's principally about the performances, which were the main reason we tuned in so addictively. Highlights include Will's performance of "Light My Fire" and Hayley's "That Old Devil Called Love". It is fascinating to see Will, the dark horse at the start of the competition, slowly begin to shine in a triumph of flexibility and consistency. Against the patchy performances of some of the others, it's easy to see why Will and Gareth made it to the final two. The contest both united and divided the country but any fan of the series will find plenty of their favourite moments here.--Rachel Ediss

• Honeymoon In Vegas | DVD | (07/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Writer-director Andrew Bergman is capable of funny, funny stuff, but Honeymoon in Vegas runs out of jokes long before it runs out of comic ideas. The result is a series of comedy concepts that never get past the one-liner stage and are distinctly unsatisfying. Still, there is plenty to be amused by in this story of a reluctant bridegroom (Nicolas Cage) who finally agrees to marriage, only to lose his fiancée (Sarah Jessica Parker) in a crooked poker game to a professional gambler (James Caan). The rest of the movie deals with his frantic attempt to get his fiancée back, while coping with a Vegas in the throes of an Elvis-impersonator convention. That's the funniest thing about the whole movie (most notably the team of parachuting Elvises at the end), but even that is drawn out in ways that are more clever than laughter-inducing.--Marshall Fine, Amazon.com

• The War Bride | DVD | (24/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Marry in haste, repent at leisure, goes the old adage. Certainly, The War Bride sees the chirpy Cockney Lily (Anna Friel) with plenty of time to regret her lot. After a whirlwind romance in wartime Britain she marries her handsome Canadian hunk, Charlie (Aden Young). Finding herself pregnant and alone, Charlie having been sent back to the front, she jumps at the chance of a new life abroad when she receives a one-way ticket to Canada. Unfortunately Charlie's tales of his family ranch in Alberta are more fanciful than factual and when she gets there her natural ebullience is tested to the limit by a crumbling shack and a frostbite-inducing welcome from his widowed mother (Brenda Fricker, superbly dour) and his crippled sister (Molly Parker). They view her townie ways, her penchant for picture houses and scarlet lipstick, with deep suspicion. The only light in these dark days is derived from visits from her longstanding best friend Sophie (who also married a Canadian, but one with rather more to offer) and a burgeoning friendship with Joe, her sister-in-law's boyfriend. The film was inspired by the experiences of screenwriter Angela Workman's mother, one of 48,000 war brides who immigrated to Canada during World War II, and it vividly demonstrates that for the unlucky ones the future was far from rosy. The result could have been mawkish but it's saved by fine performances from Friel--who is increasingly showing herself to be an actress of some versatility--and the always splendid Brenda Fricker. --Harriet Smith

• Fatal Instinct | DVD | (14/07/2003) from £12.98   |  Saving you £3.00 (30.03%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Fatal Instinct is a hilarious no-holds-barred send-up of such stylish thrillers as Basic Instinct and Fatal Attraction. Ned Ravine (Armande Assante) is a cop and a lawyer. His wife wants to kill him his secretary wants to sleep with him and there's a mysterious client who wants to sleep with him and kill him. That's Monday. Who knows what Tuesday will bring?

• They Shoot Horses Don't They? | DVD | (08/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  They Shoot Horses Don't They? is set in the dark years of the l930s, when dance marathons became popular as a way for desperate people to compete for prize money. Sometimes the events would drag on for weeks as contestants pushed themselves far beyond the point of physical, mental and emotional exhaustion, the dancers shambling around the floor in a half-dead stupor. People would then pay to sit in the bleachers, watch the event and cheer on their favourites. Taken from hard-boiled pulp writer Horace McCoy's novel of the same name, Jane Fonda plays a bitter young woman paired up with Michael Sarrazin for the ordeal. Gig Young portrays the unctuous MC of the event, bringing equal parts compassion and sleaze to his role. Many of the film's images are unforgettable, such as "the derby", a heel-and-toe race around the dance floor with bouncy, light-hearted music to accompany the miserable spectacle. It's a powerful, tragic period piece that reminds us of the privations of the Great Depression. In the largest sense, the film has existential overtones that go far beyond the story of enervated dancers staying on their feet for a month or more. This film brought home a string of Academy Award nominations for the cast and director Sydney Pollack and a win for Young. --Jerry Renshaw, Amazon.com On the DVD: The disc offers film trivia and notes on the main cast and director, along with a short slide show and original publicity notes in an attempt to furnish valuable information about the film. However the layout is visually unimpressive and the information is merely standard film trivia offering little insight into the film itself--the quotes from Jane Fonda are surely aimed at hardcore fans of the actress only. It all feels like a selection put together in a bit of a rush. --Nikki Disney

• Hamish Macbeth - Season 2 | DVD | (23/01/2006) from £32.37   |  Saving you £-12.38 (-61.90%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Lochdubh: a frontier town in the wild west of Scotland. One hotel one general store one doctor and one lawman - PC Hamish Macbeth (Robert Carlyle). He's the sherrif along with canine sidekick Wee Jock with his own singular methods of dealing with crime and misdemeanours. If only his love life were so easily solved. But then that's another story... Episodes comprise: 1. A Perfectly Simple Explanation 2. In Search of a Rose 3. Isobel Pulls It Off 4. Radio Lochdubh 5. No Ma

• Troll 2 | DVD | (27/09/2004) from £14.98   |  Saving you £-8.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The Wait family decide to holiday in the small town of Nilbog. Young Joshua Wait is the first to notice that the place is not safe. A band of Trolls inhabit the woods and appear to the townspeople as simple peasants offering food which when consumed turns man into a vegetable that the Trolls being vegetarians can eat......

• Ghost / Sliding Doors | DVD | (18/11/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Sliding Doors: The split-second moments that can take a life down one path instead of another form the tantalising 'what if?' in this delightful romantic comedy starring Gwyneth Paltrow. Paltrow plays London publicist Helen effortlessly sliding between parallel storylines that show what happens if she does or does not catch a morning train back to her apartment. Love. Romantic entanglements. Deception. Trust. Friendship. Comedy. All come into focus as the two stories shift back and forth overlap then surprisingly converge in the most romantic comedy in years. Don't miss it - romance was never this much fun! Ghost: A romantic thriller in which yuppie banker Sam Wheat (Patrick Swayze) is murdered but returns to Earth as a ghost to protect his grief-stricken young girlfriend Molly (Demi Moore) and solve his own murder. As he cannot communicate directly with his love he turns to fake medium Oda Mae Brown (Whoopi Goldberg) for help. Nobody is more shocked than Oda Mae to discover she has the genuine power to contact the dead. Goldberg won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance and Bruce Joel Rubin won the statuette for Best Original Screenplay.

• Strange Behaviour | DVD | (26/04/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  A small town cop in Illinois investigates the murders of local teenagers eventually tracing the crimes to a research laboratory where mind experiments have been taking place by an insane doctor. An extremely gruesome horror title.

• It! / The Shuttered Room | DVD | (23/10/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Baby - Secret Of The Lost Legend | DVD | (12/04/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Join a thrilling expedition deep in the forbidding African jungle where two modern scientists are about to make an amazing discovery! While studying rare fossils they discover a pair of enormous pair of Brontosauruses and a hatchling dinosaur alive in the heart of the rain forest. To protect this rare find they must escape from a tribe of mystical native warriors and evade the grasp of an evil scientist in the ultimate battle to survive!Screen favourites Sean Young (No Way Out

• Dead Before Dawn | DVD | (24/02/2003) from £4.99   |  Saving you £-3.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  Rich and successful with two lovely children Robert and Linda Edelman seem to have the perfect marriage. But beneath the surface gloss lies another story; for years Linda has suffered violent physical and emotional abuse at the hands of her husband. Finally she summons the courage to file for divorce. But with her marriage nearly over the real nightmares begin. Enraged Robert vows revenge on the wife who has dared to stand up to him. Determined to keep both his reputation and his children Robert plans his own 'special' divorce; he hires a hit man. But only by becoming the live bait to trap her murderous husband can Linda have any hope of staying alive. Based on a true story this suspensful terrifying story stars Cheryl Ladd as the woman whose efforts to reclaim her own life mark her for murder. A rich husband. A beautiful home. Two lovely children. It could cost her her life.

• Jackson Browne - Going Home | DVD | (29/08/2005) from £18.92   |  Saving you £-7.93 (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  For more than two decades Jackson Browne has been one of the most compelling artists in popular music. In August 1994 The Disney Channel presented Jackson Browne: Going Home a chronicle of Jackson's remarkable career. Jackson Browne: Going Home contains interviews performances and rare footage spanning twenty-five years featuring Don Henley Bonnie Raitt David Crosby Graham Nash The Eagles David Lindley Jennifer Warnes and many more. Selections: 1. I'm Alive 2. Farther On 3. Doctor My Eyes 4. These Days 5. Birds of St. Marks 6. Your Bright Baby Blues 7. Take It Easy 8. In the Shape of A Heart 9. Everywhere I Go 10. World In Motion 11. You Can Get It If You Really Want It 12. Good Morning Little Mutant 13. All Along the Watchtower 14. The Pretender 15. For Everyman 16. Lives In The Balance 17. Knock On Any Door 18. My Problem Is You 19. Too Many Angels 20. Sleep's Dark and Silent Gate 21. Sky Blue and Black 22. Before the Deluge 23. Running On Empty/ Credits

• After The Deluge | DVD | (28/12/2005) from £6.98   |  Saving you £9.01 (56.30%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A family clinging to secrets and drowning in lies... Estranged from his three sons a remorseful father suffering from Alzheimer's enters a nursing home. Reliving his old memories good and bad the three siblings deal with major turning points in their own lives...

• Jane Austen In Manhattan | DVD | (27/10/2003) from £20.96   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Two teachers vie for the right to stage a play written by Jane Austen when she was twelve years old...

• Running | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  Mike Andropolis is a failure law school drop-out and jack-of-all-trades about to lose his house and family. In desperation he decides to train for the Olympic Marathon in a last ditch attempt at winning back his family and his self-respect...

• Midnight Son | DVD | (11/02/2013) from £3.98   |  Saving you £11.00 (552.76%)   |  RRP £12.99

  From the director of The Blair Witch Project, Midnight Son is the story of Jacob (Zak Kilberg, Zombie Strippers!, Lincoln Heights), a young man confined to a life of isolation, due to a rare skin disorder that prevents him from being exposed to sunlight. His world opens up when he meets Mary (Maya Parish, How I Met Your Mother), a local bartender, and falls in love. Tragically, Jacob's actions become increasingly bizarre as he struggles to cope with the effects of his worsening condition. Forced by the disease to drink human blood for sustenance, he must control his increasingly violent tendencies as local law enforcement narrow their focus on him as a suspect in a series of grisly murders. Directed by Scott Leberecht, a well-known name on the festival circuit, Midnight Son is a twisting, terrifying tale of vampirism and humanity and how the two conditions can intertwine. Special Features: Trailer Audio Commentary with Cast and Crew Deleted Scenes Cast and Crew Interviews

• Young Doctors In Love | DVD | (13/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A comedy about what really goes on behind the screens in a big city hospital.

• Invisible Dog | DVD | (14/09/2009) from £5.89   |  Saving you £-3.90 (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  Charles Kessler has homicidal tendencies and is controlled by his wife. When she leaves him for another man those tendencies start to take over.... Written by Al Martin and Helen Martin and directed by Joseph H Lewis.

• The Twilight Zone - Complete Season One Limited Edition | DVD | (22/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £59.99

  There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow between science and superstition and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area we call...The Twilight Zone! This fantastic 6 DVD boxed set contains all 36 episodes from Rod Serling's classic groundbreaking series. Episodes comprise: 1. Where Is Everybody? 2. One For The Angels 3. Mr. Denton On Doomsday 4. Sixteen Millimeter Shrine 5. Walking Distance 6. Escape Clause 7. The Lonely 8. Time Enough At Last 9. Perchance To Dream 10. Judgment Night 11. And When The Sky Was Opened 12. What You Need 13. The Four Of Us Are Dying 14. Third From The Sun 15. I Shot An Arrow Into The Air 16. The Hitch-Hiker 17. The Fever 18. The Last Flight 19. The Purple Testament 20. Elegy 21. Mirror Image 22. The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street 23. A World Of Difference 24. Long Live Walter Jameson 25. People Are Alike All Over 26. Execution 27. The Big Tall Wish 28. A Nice Place To Visit 29. Nightmare As A Child 30. A Stop At Willoughby 31. The Chaser 32. A Passage For Trumpet 33. Mr. Bevis 34. The After Hours 35. The Mighty Casey 36. A World Of His Own