"Director: A Hughes"

• British Musicals of the 1930s: Volume 3 | DVD | (12/01/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  From playful romantic comedies to variety extravaganzas, the pre-war British musical films offered audiences a source of much-needed escapism throughout the decade haunted by the Great Depression and the growing menace of war. Often adapting much-loved hits of the music hall as well as serving as vehicles for the era's composers, performers and band leaders, they showcased home-grown talent alongside some of Hollywood's most bankable stars.This ongoing, multi-volume collection makes available a wealth of rare gems from the very earliest days of the British talkies, many of which have remained unseen since their original release; each film is presented uncut, in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE (1932)A useless secretary and his private detective friend try to help an heiress from being swindled by her guardian.FACING THE MUSIC (1933)A joyful medley of farce, romance, song and slapstick starring Stanley Lupino as an impressionable youth whose pursuit of an opera singer's niece lands him in trouble!MY SONG GOES ROUND THE WORLD (1934)Set in Venice, the touching and sometimes comic story of a diminutive tenor who falls in love whilst striving for success.HEART'S DESIRE (1935)Richard Tauber, the great Austrian tenor, features in the story of a singing peasant from a Vienna beer-garden who conquers London, but at a cost...

• Phineas & Ferb: Across the Second Dimension | DVD | (05/03/2012) from £7.47   |  Saving you £4.52 (60.51%)   |  RRP £11.99

  Just when you thought Phineas and Ferb had done it all (including winning an Emmy Award), they take their adventures to a whole new dimension in their first full-length movie - Phineas And Ferb The Movie: Across The 2nd Dimension - featuring exclusive deleted scenes and bonus only on Disney DVD!When Phineas, Ferb and Perry follow Dr. Doofenshmirtz through his Otherdimensionator, they find themselves in an alternate universe where a second, truly evil Dr. Doof rules over his Tristate Area with an army of iron-fi sted robots. To save his friends from certain doom, Perry makes the ultimate sacrifice by revealing his secret identity as Agent P. Phineas and Ferb escape, meet their 2nd dimension selves, and begin their own mission to rescue Perry. So begins an epic battle as our heroes try to save their home from the clutches of Evil Dr. Doof...and his sidekick Platyborg! Will Evil Doof succeed and achieve dual world domination? Will Candace finally bust her brothers? Find out in this action-packed, epic adventure - so huge that it crosses over time and space!

• David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet | Blu Ray | (15/11/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In this unique feature documentary, titled David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet, the celebrated naturalist reflects upon both the defining moments of his lifetime and the devastating changes he has seen. The film addresses some of the biggest challenges facing life on our planet, providing a snapshot of global nature loss in a single lifetime. With it comes a powerful message of hope for future generations as Attenborough reveals the solutions to help save our planet from disaster.

• Menace II Society | DVD | (14/02/2000) from £14.18   |  Saving you £-1.19 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Tyrin Turner may not have broken out into stardom as was initially expected, but his work in Menace II Society is one of the more powerful cinematic debuts. The film, from the brother writer-director team of Allen and Albert Hughes, chronicles life in the Los Angeles 'hood. Similar territory was covered in the equally commanding Boyz N the Hood, but what makes this cautionary tale stand out is not only the Hughes brothers' forceful story, (written with their friend, Tyger Williams) and direction, but the naturalness of then-newcomer leads Turner as Caine, Larenz Tate as O-Dog, and Jada Pinkett as Ronnie. They are so credible--occasionally frighteningly so--that the repressive universe of violent ghetto life is captured effectively. Life as portrayed here-and no doubt accurately so--is both figuratively and literally narrow. As a very young boy, Caine witnesses his dad murdered over something inconsequential, and his mom OD. His is a world where respect comes from intimidation, power from violence. Despite his understanding of right and wrong (values passed on by a good friend, his kind grandparents, a caring teacher), his life and its entrapments are too much to overcome. --N.F. Mendoza

• Chitty Chitty Bang Bang / Oliver / Annie | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Dir. Ken Hughes 1968): Everything Caractacus Potts invents goes wrong - even his sweets are full of holes. So how can he have created a car that not only drives but floats and flies as well? Find out as the fantasmagorical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang takes your family on a magical musical adventure you won't forget. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang has never looked or sounded better. With its catchy tunes including the Oscar nominated theme tune (Best Song 1968) marvelous cast and enchanting storyline this delightful film is first-class family entertainment and definitely far toot sweet to miss! Annie (Dir. John Huston 1982): A plucky red-haired girl dreams of a life away outside her orphanage and its gin-soaked tyrant Miss Hannigan (played to perfection by Carol Burnett). One day Annie meets the famous billionaire Daddy Warbucks and the pair share spectacular times in 1930's New York City. But Miss Hannigan and her zany villainous colleagues are determined to spoil the fun for America's favourite orphan... Oliver! (Dir. Carol Reed 1968): Young Oliver Twist (Mark Lester) is an orphan who escapes the cheerless life of the workhouse and takes to the streets of 19th-Century London. He''s immediately taken in by a band of street urchins headed by the lovable villain Fagin (Ron Moody) his fiendish henchman Bill Sikes (Oliver Reed) and his loyal apprentice The Artful Dodger (Jack Wild). Through his education in the fine points of pick-pocketing Oliver makes away with an unexpected treasure... a home and a family of his own.

• The Hitman's Bodyguard UHD BD | Blu Ray | (11/12/2017) from £21.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  THE HITMAN'S BODYGUARD is an action comedy about the world's top protection agent (Ryan Reynolds) and his new client: a notorious hitman (Samuel L Jackson). They've been on opposite ends of a bullet for years but now must come together for 24 hours to get from England to The Hague. The only thing standing in their way is the murderous dictator (Gary Oldman) who uses his power to create trouble for the pair at every stop along their way.

• Top Gun / Beverly Hills Cop / Ferris Bueller's Day Off | DVD | (11/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Top Gun A hip heart-pounding combination of action music and incredible aerial photography helped make Top Gun the blockbuster hit of 1986. Top Gun takes a look at the danger and excitement that awaits every pilot at the Navy's prestigious fighter weapons school. Tom Cruise is superb as Maverick Mitchell a daring young fighter who's out to become the best. And Kelly McGillis sizzles as the civilian instructor who teaches Maverick a few things you can't learn in a classroom.

• The Golden Girls - The Complete First Season | DVD | (27/06/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £26.99

  Launched during the neon-lit 1980s, The Golden Girls shed light on a side of Miami ignored by Miami Vice. In other words, no drugs, no murder--just four women of "a certain age," spending their golden years in the sun. Like the theme, "Thank You for Being a Friend," the long-running sitcom was about friendship (not crime). As for the "girls," they were tart-tongued Dorothy, former farm girl Rose, Southern belle Blanche, and Dorothy's salty Sicilian mother Sophia. All were widows, with the exception of the divorced Dorothy. Created by Emmy-winning producer Susan Harris, The Golden Girls re-ignited the careers of 1970s TV veterans Arthur and White. At the same time, it made stars of McClanahan, by playing a comic version of A Streetcar Named Desire's Blanche Dubois, and the scene-stealing Getty, made to look older than her actual age (she and Arthur were born the same year). The Golden Girls ran for seven seasons and spawned spin-off The Golden Palace (without Arthur) and a British version called The Brighton Belles. By the end of its run in 1992, it had garnered numerous awards, including two Emmys for best comedy series. In addition, each of the four actresses received a well-deserved Emmy for her efforts. --Kathleen C. Fennessy, Amazon.com

• New York, I Love You | DVD | (07/02/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  New York I Love You delves into the intimate lives of New Yorkers as they grapple with delight in and search for love. Journey from the Diamond District in the heart of Manhattan through Chinatown and the Upper East Side towards the Village into Tribeca and Brooklyn as lovers of all ages try to find romance in the Big Apple. Bringing to life the film's host of unforgettable New York characters in an all star cast that includes Bradley Cooper Justin Bartha Andy Garcia Hayden Christensen Rachel Bilson Natalie Portman Orlando Bloom Christina Ricci Maggie Q Ethan Hawke Shia Labeouf Robin Wright Penn and many more...

• Pretty In Pink/Some Kind Of Wonderful/Terms Of Endearment | DVD | (02/11/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Titles Comprise: Pretty In Pink: Andie Walsh is a bright sensitive girl with a second hand wardrobe and three men in her life. First there is her father. He doesn't work and has been going steadily downhill since his wife left him. There is Ducky Dale (marvellously played by Jon Cryer). He's a pal of Andie's and he's got an intense unrequited crush on her. The there's Blane McDonough a cute rich preppie. He and Andie come from opposite sides of the tracks. So when they fall in love the differences between them (he drives a BMW and she's ashamed of where she lives) bring barriers to their romance. Some Kind of Wonderful: Think everyone over 17 has forgotten what it's like to be 16? Filmmaker John Hughes hasn't. Here Hughes delivers another funny savvy crowd-pleasing look at adolesence in this story about high-school misfit Eric Stoltz who falls so head-over-heels for the senior class siren that he's blind to the charms of his beautiful and devoted best pal Mary Stuart Masterson. Some fun some heartache 'Some Kind Of Wonder Terms Of Endearment: This Oscar-winning film is both eccentrically funny and an old-fashioned tearjerker. The story centers around the volatile relationship between a mother and daughter spanning 30 years. The various permutations of their lives are examined including the daughter's bout with terminal cancer.

• Hells Angels | DVD | (13/06/2005) from £15.77   |  Saving you £-9.78 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The eccentric Hollywood Billionaire Howard Hughes produced and directed Hell's Angels the most expensive film made at the time. Hughes spared no expense in capturing an exciting dogfight between R.A.F. and German fighter planes using 137 pilots in all. Hell's Angels is perhaps more notable for introducing Jean Harlow to the screen in her first major film role. Set during World War I Hell's Angels is the story of three Oxford buddies: two brothers (Ben Lyon and Jam

• Brewster's Millions | DVD | (12/09/2011) from £10.82   |  Saving you £-0.83 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Brewster's Millions (Dir. Walter Hill) (1985): Richard Pryor is Montgomery Brewster, a minor league baseball pitcher who discovers he has to blow $30 million in 30 days as a condition to inherit a much greater fortune.Here's The Catch: He will forfeit everything if he reveals to a soul the real reason he seems to be throwing away all that cash.With the help of his pal Spike (John Candy), they set off on a frantic spending spree the likes of which would bring any self-respecting accountant to his knees.Uncle Buck (Dir. John Hughes) (1989): An idle, good natured bachelor is left in charge of his nephew and nieces during a family crisis. Unaccustomed to family life, Buck soon charms his younger relatives, but his style doesn't impress everyone, including his girlfriend. The film charts his progress from slob to a reasonable human being by having to manage with girlfriend troubles, unemployment, a sex mad neighbour, cooking breakfast and a beautiful but rebellious niece.

• Hung Season 1 (HBO) | DVD | (13/09/2010) from £9.80   |  Saving you £30.19 (308.06%)   |  RRP £39.99

  At first glance Ray Drecker (Thomas Jane) seems like an ordinary divorced dad who's trying to make ends meet. But Ray's got one extraordinary God-given gift - call it his winning tool - that sets him apart from other underpaid high-school teachers. With a little help from an unlikely business ally named Tanya (Jane Adams) Ray is about to hatch an inspired plan to ride his winning tool all the way to a more productive debt-free life.

• Watchmen: The Complete Motion Comics (Online Exclusive) | DVD | (09/03/2009) from £8.39   |  Saving you £4.60 (54.83%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Watchmen illustrator Dave Gibbons oversees this digital version of the graphic novel that adds limited motion voice and sound to the books strikingly drawn panels.

• Pardon My Genie - The Complete Series 2 | DVD | (01/07/2013) from £7.87   |  Saving you £13.38 (202.42%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Aimed at a young audience but hugely popular with children and adults alike, Pardon My Genie was devised and written by future Roberts Robots and Rentaghost creator Bob Block. When a young shop assistant called Hal Adden casually tries to polish an old watering can - well, you can guess what happens! But the genie who appears turns out to be as rusty as the can he lives in; he's four thousand years old, and his magic doesn't always work as well as it should... Ellis Jones plays Hal, with Roy Barraclough (Sez Les) starring as his long-suffering boss, hardware shop owner Mr Cobbledick, and Arthur White as the Genie. This second series of the memorably funny comedy, first screened in 197.

• The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard 4K UHD Steelbook | Blu Ray | (11/10/2021) from £24.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The world's most lethal odd couple bodyguard Michael Bryce (Ryan Reynolds) and hitman Darius Kincaid (Samuel L. Jackson) are back on another life-threatening mission. Still unlicensed and under scrutiny, Bryce is forced into action by Darius's even more volatile wife, the infamous international con artist Sonia Kincaid (Salma Hayek). As Bryce is driven over the edge by his two most dangerous protectees, the trio get in over their heads in a global plot and soon find that they are all that stand between Europe and a vengeful and powerful madman (Antonio Banderas). Joining in the fun and deadly mayhem is Morgan Freeman as well, you'll have to see. Special Features Ryan, Sam, Salma: One F'd Up Family Gone Soft: The New Michael Bryce The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard: #stuntlife On the Set of The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard Gag Reel

• The Outlaw | DVD | (21/04/2003) from £4.93   |  Saving you £-0.94 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Howard Hughes with the assistance of Howard Hawks directed this racy version of the Pat Garrett vs Billy The Kid story. The publicity campaign surrounding the film's release was a masterpiece. Armed with stills of 19-year-old Jane Russell revealing a remarkable dcolletage (while stopping to pick up a pair of milk pails!) producer/director Howard Hughes spent tens of thousands of dollars purposely to agitate the censors and arouse public indignation. He released the film independently in San Francisco in 1943 after United Artists refused to distribute it; it was quickly closed down by civic groups. Meanwhile legendary publicist Russell Birdwell leased thousands of billboards from coast to coast for three years plastering a suggestive photo of the scantily clad Russell reclining on a bed of hay gun in hand. By 1946 when Hughes finally re-released the film audiences flocked to theatres: Jane Russell was now a Hollywood star and you can see why!

• Mansfield 66/67 | DVD | (25/06/2018) from £8.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Hollywood screen legend Jayne Mansfield's final two years and her untimely death are shrouded in mystery, rumours persist that she was cursed after an alleged affair with Anton LaVey, Head of the Satanic Church. Here documentary filmmakers P. David Ebersole and Todd Hughes (Hit So Hard) explore the myths, featuring interviews with Kenneth Anger, Tippi Hedren, Cheryl Dunne and more alongside archive footage of Anton la Vey and Jayne Mansfield herself. An audience favourite at FrightFest, this is a fitting celebration of a cinematic icon.

• Shadows - The Complete Second Series | DVD | (27/06/2011) from £11.98   |  Saving you £3.00 (30.03%)   |  RRP £12.99

  An orphaned girl fights her real-life enemies by believing they are figures from her history book. A young girl suddenly finds herself in the miniature world of a Victorian doll's house. A downtrodden teenage boy relives the ancient legend of a youth who shared his plight - in reality, or in his imagination? Atmospheric, superbly scripted and filled with the unexpected, this anthology series offered spine-tingling psychological and supernatural tales for younger viewers. With characters typically finding themselves plunged into strange alternative realities, or encountering ghostly figures from the past, the young protagonists' otherworldly experiences often play upon common teenage fears and preoccupations. Award-winning authors Penelope Lively, Rosemary Harris, Joan Aiken and Susan Cooper are among the writers for this complete second series.

• RV/Uncle Buck/Are We There Yet? | DVD | (25/02/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  RV: An overworked Bob Munro his wife Jaime their 15-year-old daughter Cassie and 12-year-old son Carl are in desperate need of some quality time together. After promising to take them on a family vacation in Hawaii Bob abruptly changes plans without telling them. Instead of a week in a tropical paradise they're going on a road trip to Colorado in a recreational vehicle. Dragging his wife and kids kicking and screaming into the RV Bob's togetherness plan (which is partly a ruse to keep him from losing his job) almost immediately hits a major speed bump. Everything that can go wrong does. Bob's lame attempts to navigate the unwieldy oversized vehicle are met with silence and scorn from his resentful family. The RV life is a far cry from their comfortable life in Los Angeles and every attempt Bob makes to get them into the spirit of the vacation threatens to tear them further apart. At an RV camp the Munro family is befriended by the Gornicke family - an irritatingly endearing happy-go-lucky clan of full-time RVers. The more they try to elude the Gornickes the more their paths seem destined to cross. But adversity has a way of uniting even the most dysfunctional family members and each setback the Munros experience inadvertently helps them become a true family again. Uncle Buck: An idle good natured bachelor is left in charge of his nephew and nieces during a family crisis. Unaccustomed to family life Buck soon charms his younger relatives but his style doesn't impress everyone including his girlfriend. The film charts his progress from slob to a reasonable human being by having to manage with girlfriend troubles unemployment a sex mad neighbour cooking breakfast and a beautiful but rebellious niece. Are We There Yet?: 350 miles. 24 hours. His girlfriend's kids. What could possibly go wrong? Smooth operator Nick (Ice Cube) is interested in young attractive divorcee Suzanne (Nia Long) mother of a 7-year-old-boy and an 11-year-old-girl. Trying to get together with Suzanne Nick volunteers to bring her children to meet her out of town. Missing the plane they must make the long journey by car. What Nick doesn't know is that Suzanne's children think that no man is good enough for their mom and will do everything they can to make the trip a nightmare for him... Fasten your seat belts it's going to be a bumpy ride!