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• The X Files: Season 1 | DVD | (11/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  In the first season of The X Files, creator Chris Carter was uncertain of the series' future, so each of the episodes is a self-contained suspense story; they do not delve deep into the ongoing X Files mythology or turn to self-parody and humour as do episodes in later seasons. Yet, these episodes display the elements for which the show would become famous: the cinematic production values and top-notch special effects, the stark lighting of the Vancouver sets, the atmospheric halo of Mark Snow's score, and the clever plots dealing with subjects ranging from the occult, religion, and monsters to urban legends, conspiracy theories and science fiction. Most importantly, Season 1 introduces FBI agents Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) and Fox "Spooky" Mulder (David Duchovny), two of the most attractive government officials around. Scully is the serious-minded medical scientist assigned to join Mulder on the X Files, a division of the FBI dealing with the paranormal. Mulder is the intuitive thinker with a dry wit, a passionate believer in the existence of paranormal phenomena and one of the few characters on television smart enough to figure out who the bad guy is before the audience does. Their muddled relationship, a deep friendship laced with sexual tension, provides the human heart in a world where the bizarre and horrible lurk in everyday society. The materials on the bonus disc provide some interesting trivia and background, but it is the 24 episodes themselves that make this seven-disc boxed set a true find. Those unfamiliar with The X Files often view all the fuss with the same scepticism with which Scully first regards her new partner's ideas. But just as she comes to realise the uncanny accuracy of Mulder's outlandish theories, newcomers to The X Files who sample a few episodes in this boxed set will likely find themselves riveted to their television late into the night. And undoubtedly, the shadows and creaking noises in the house that evening will seem more menacing than usual. --Eugene Wei

• The Mayor of Casterbridge | DVD | (01/01/2008) from £9.98   |  Saving you £-2.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Travelling the dirt roads of Wessex in search of work, Michael Henchard (Ciaran Hinds) a farm worker, auctions his wife Susan (Juliet Aubrey) and baby daughter in a moment of drunken madness at a country fair.Years later, Susan and her daughter Elizabeth-Jane (Jodhi May) return, seeking Michael in Casterbridge where he has become a rich and respected member of Wessex society. Driven by the need to make amends, he remarries Susan but in a tragic twist of fate, she dies, but not before leaving a letter containing a shocking revelation.As a romance blossoms between Elizabeth-Jane and the mayor's charismatic business manager Farfrae (James Purefoy). Henchard become convinced that the young man is determined to destroy him and orders Elizabeth-Jane never to see him again, setting a chain of events in motion that will change their lives forever.

• Chronicles of Riddick | Blu Ray | (02/02/2009) from £6.39   |  Saving you £13.60 (212.83%)   |  RRP £19.99

  All the power in the universe can't change destiny. Vin Diesel (The Fast And The Furious XXX) reprises his role as hunted fugitive Riddick his anti-hero character from cult movie Pitch Black. Riddick is on the run; escaping from mercenaries determined to collect the price on his head he finds himself at the heart of a battle that is not his. With Necromonger conquerors threatening the future of the entire universe Riddick could be the only unlikely hero to save the human race. But will he be interested in saving anything other than his own life? With groundbreaking special effects incredible action scenes in fantastic worlds and an all star cast including Dame Judi Dench and Thandie Newton The Chronicles of Riddick will take you on a thrill-ride like you've never experienced before.

• The Ultimate Alien And Predator Collectors Edition | DVD | (28/05/2007) from £29.96   |  Saving you £30.03 (100.23%)   |  RRP £59.99

  All seven films together for the first time! Films Comprise: 1. Alien (Dir. Ridley Scott 1979) 2. Aliens (Dir. James Cameron 1986) 3. Alien 3 (Dir. David Fincher 1992) 4. Alien Resurrection (Dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet 1997) 5. Predator (Dir. John McTiernan 1987) 6. Predator 2 (Dir. Stephen Hopkins 1990) 7. Alien vs Predator (Dir. Paul W.S. Anderson 2004)

• Origins of Us | DVD | (07/11/2011) from £22.99   |  Saving you £-10.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  We have uncovered the secrets of the atom and travelled to the moon. But how did humans come to be so successful? This series explores the anatomical changes that have given us and our ancestors the edge. Everything from the way that we walk to the shape of our jaw and even the way our thumbs move connects us intimately to the struggles and triumphs of our ancestors. Yet many of those changes have come at a surprising cost and the problems we face now are a direct consequence of our evolutionary journey. As much about our bodies today as about our bodies 6 million years ago Origins Of Us will change the way you see yourself.

• Fat Friends - Series 1 | DVD | (21/03/2005) from £13.23   |  Saving you £11.76 (88.89%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Kay Mellor's comedy drama series following a collection of characters whose personal life struggles are relayed to each other during their weekly slimming class... Series 1 episodes comprise: 1. Love Me Slender 2. Fat Chance 3. Fat Free 4. Growing Pains 5. Face The Fat 6. When The Fat Lady Sings

• In Search of Shakespeare | DVD | (25/08/2003) from £9.73   |  Saving you £10.26 (105.45%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The BBC series In Search of Shakespeare could be the English teacher's most important ally yet. With his typical mixture of intensive research, detective work, boyish enthusiasm and popular appeal, television historian Michael Wood comes closer than anyone to bringing the Bard to life. There are some astonishing discoveries along the way, which help to give a documentary cohesion to Shakespeare's story. But Wood is never arrogant enough to claim to have pinned the playwright's character down. The ifs, buts and maybes are all part of the fascination. The man himself remains tantalisingly just out of reach, which is probably as it should be. Instead, Wood takes us on an exhilarating journey through Elizabethan and Jacobean England, building a picture of his subject through painstaking reference to the climate of the age: a police state in which Shakespeare's family was devastated by the persecution of Catholics. Social, familial and political influences are all unravelled and pieced together, counterpointed with scenes from the plays--RSC actors conveniently to hand--and the life and times of the travelling actor and playwright are evoked in front of our eyes, becoming tangible and relevant. Wood gives us the chance to consider the plays in context, products of a great mind living in interesting times, rather than in academic isolation. It's a compelling tale, full of bloody danger, sex, celebrity and social history, and densely packed with layers of detail. Wood's great gift is to tell it in such an accessible way and without the sense of superiority that some of his peers bring to popular history. --Piers Ford

• The Game | DVD | (09/11/2007) from £9.17   |  Saving you £8.08 (102.15%)   |  RRP £15.99

  It's not quite as clever as it tries to be, but The Game does a tremendous job of presenting the story of a rigid control freak trapped in circumstances that are increasingly beyond his control. Michael Douglas plays a rich, divorced, and dreadful investment banker whose 48th birthday reminds him of his father's suicide at the same age. He's locked in the cage of his own misery until his rebellious younger brother (Sean Penn) presents him with a birthday invitation to play "The Game" (described as "an experiential Book of the Month Club")--a mysterious offering from a company called Consumer Recreation Services. Before he knows the game has even begun, Douglas is caught up in a series of unexplained events designed to strip him of his tenuous security and cast him into a maelstrom of chaos. How do you play a game that hasn't any rules? That's what Douglas has to figure out, and he can't always rely on his intelligence to form logic out of what's happening to him. Seemingly cast as the fall guy in a conspiracy thriller, he encounters a waitress (Deborah Unger) who may or may not be trustworthy, and nothing can be taken at face value in a world turned upside down. Douglas is great at conveying the sheer panic of his character's dilemma, and despite some lapses in credibility and an anticlimactic ending, The Game remains a thinking person's thriller that grabs and holds your attention. Thematic resonance abounds between this and Seven and Fight Club, two of the other films by The Game 's director David Fincher. -- Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• Sabotage | Blu Ray | (15/09/2014) from £9.59   |  Saving you £13.40 (139.73%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Filmmaker David Ayer (End Of Watch) directs SABOTAGE, an action thriller that follows one of the best assault teams on the planet, an elite special operations team of ten DEA agents.

• Pineapple Express (1 Disc) | DVD | (12/01/2009) from £4.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (260.52%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The epic tale of two stoners in the wrong place at the wrong time and now having to outrun the mob! From the guys that brought you "Superbad".

• Victoria Wood - An Audience With Victoria Wood | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £9.87   |  Saving you £0.12 (1.22%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The incomparable Victoria Wood (Acorn Antiques Dinnerladies) is the star of this special show that won two 1989 British Academy Film and Television Arts Awards - for Best Light Entertainment Programme and for Best Light Entertainment Performance. Before a celebrity audience this wonderfully funny comedienne treats her star guests to a sparkling selection of her witty monologues and songs including her timeless anthem to sexual frustration - ""Let's Do It"". Watching her per

• Lego Star Wars: Collection | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £5.50   |  Saving you £11.75 (277.12%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Padawan MenaceTour guide Master Yoda leads a group of rambunctious Jedi Academy younglings through Senate chambers when he senses a disturbance in the Force. Summoned to help save the Republic as the evil Sith prepare to wreak havoc Yoda and the Droids must ensure that their young charges aren't torn to bricks. The Empire Strikes OutThe heroes of the Rebel Alliance including heroic Luke Skywalker (now a mobbed celebrity!) swaggering Han Solo and steadfast Princess Leia have no time to celebrate their victory over the Empire as a new Imperial threat arises. Meanwhile Darth Vader and Darth Maul are locked in a hilarious 'Sith-ling' rivalry as they compete for the Emperor's approval! The Yoda ChroniclesIn Episode I - The Phantom Clone Darth Sidious unveils his plan to create a new super-weapon to help him defeat the Republic once and for all. Jedi Master Yoda and his young Padawan students must work together and save the galaxy! In Episode II-Menace of the Sith Count Dooku uses his new and improved Clone-a-Matic to create an army of Jek clones. Now with the help of some old friends and two familiar Droids substitute teacher Anakin Skywalker must lead Yoda's Padawan class to victory!

• The Paradise | DVD | (03/12/2012) from £3.84   |  Saving you £21.15 (550.78%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Set amidst the Victorian splendour of Britain's first department store, The Paradise is a rags-to-riches story of a young girl who falls in love with the intoxicating charms of the modern world. As Denise finds her feet as a lowly shop girl, she must navigate her way through power struggles, intrigues and affairs. When the shop's dashing and reckless owner, John Moray, spots her talents she knows she can use this opportunity to rise to great things. Through sexy, episodic stories driven by romance and glamour, this series creates a world as colourful and captivating as the silks on display in the store. This is a love story, a story of ambition and progress, with a mysterious, dark secret at its heart.

• Case 39 / Carriers | DVD | (30/05/2011) from £9.69   |  Saving you £3.30 (34.06%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Case 39: Academy Award winner Rene Zellweger stars in this terrifying supernatural thriller about a social worker who has been assigned the unusual and disturbing case of Lillith Sullivan ... a girl with a strange and mysterious past. When Emily (Zellweger) opens her home in an attempt to help Lillith it turns into a deadly nightmare she may not survive. Co-starring Bradley Cooper (The Hangover) Case 39 is a heart-stopping chiller with startling surprises that lead to a shocking and sinister ending. Carriers: Chris Pine (Star Trek) stars in this intense gripping thriller about a deadly threat beyond anyone's worst nightmare. Determined to escape a lethal virus four teens set out in search of an uncontaminated refuge only to discover that they are far more dangerous to each other than the virus they are trying to survive. Carriers is a pulse-pounding journey into a world where laws and rules no longer apply and no one can be trusted not even your friends.

• Steve Coogan - Live 'N' Lewd / The Man Who Thinks He's It | DVD | (27/11/2000) from £7.32   |  Saving you £8.67 (118.44%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Live 'N' Lewd: Meet Paul Calf - notorious student-basher and lager lout - the man who put the Shite in bag. Meet Pauline Calf - Manchester's very own size ten maneater. She's quite literally a babe with balls. Plus meet the worst comedian in the world Duncan Thickett and legendary Chief Assistant to the Fire Health and Safety Executive for the North West region Ernest Moss. And your show's host for the evening John Thomson as politically correct Bernard Righton. The Man Who Thin

• Halloween (Blu-ray + Digital Copy) | Blu Ray | (25/02/2019) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  It's been 40 years since Laurie Strode survived a vicious attack from crazed killer Michael Myers on Halloween night. She now faces a terrifying showdown when Michael returns to Haddonfield, Ill. -- but this time, Laurie is ready for him. In Halloween (2018) Jamie Lee Curtis returns to her iconic role as Laurie Strode, who comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago. Master of horror John Carpenter executive produces and serves as creative consultant on this film, joining forces with cinema's current leading producer of horror, Jason Blum (Get Out, Split, The Purge, Paranormal Activity). Inspired by Carpenter's classic, filmmakers David Gordon Green and Danny McBride crafted a story that carves a new path from the events in the landmark 1978 film, and Green also directs.

• Lawrence Of Arabia | DVD | (31/01/2011) from £16.49   |  Saving you £-10.50 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  In 1962 Lawrence of Arabia scooped another seven Oscars for David Lean and crew after his previous epic, The Bridge on the River Kwai, had performed exactly the same feat a few years earlier. Supported in this Great War desert adventure by a superb cast including Alex Guinness, Jack Hawkins and Omar Sharif, Peter O'Toole gives a complex, star-making performance as the enigmatic TE Lawrence. The magnificent action and vast desert panoramas were captured in luminous 70mm by Cinematographer Freddie Young, here beginning a partnership with Lean that continued through Dr Zhivago (1965) and Ryan's Daughter (1970). Yet what made the film truly outstanding was Robert (A Man For All Seasons) Bolt's literate screenplay, marking the beginning of yet another ongoing collaboration with Lean. The final partnership established was between director and French composer Maurice Jarre, who won one of the Oscars and scored all Lean's remaining films, up to and including A Passage to India in 1984. Fully restored in 1989, this complete version of Lean's masterpiece remains one of cinema's all-time classic visions. --Gary S Dalkin On the DVD: This vast movie is spread leisurely across two discs, with Maurice Jarre's overture standing in as intermission music for the first track of disc two. But the clarity of the anamorphic widescreen picture and Dolby 5.1 soundtrack justify the decision not to cram the whole thing onto one side of a disc. The movie has never looked nor sounded better than here: the desert landscapes are incredibly detailed, with the tiny nomadic figures in the far distance clearly visible on the small screen; the remastered soundtrack, too, is a joy. Thanks are due to Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg who supervised (and financed) the restoration of the picture in 1989; on disc two Spielberg chats about why David Lean is his favourite director, and why Lawrence had such a profound influence on him both as a child and as a filmmaker (he regularly re-watches the movie before starting any new project). Other features include an excellent and exhaustive "making-of" documentary with contributions from surviving cast and crew (an avuncular Omar Sharif is particularly entertaining as he reminisces about meeting the hawk-like Lean for the first time), some contemporary featurettes designed to promote the movie and a DVD-ROM facility. The extra features are good--especially the documentary--but the breathtaking quality of both anamorphic picture and digital sound are what make this DVD package a triumph. --Mark Walker

• Whites | DVD | (22/11/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

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• Benidorm Series 9 | DVD | (08/05/2017) from £8.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Benidorm's much loved Solana Hotel opens its doors for another Summer Season of fun. Ready to cater all your needs is Manageress Joyce Temple-Savage and her team of chaotic and not always loyal staff. Will Sam the new holiday rep be more of a hindrance than a help; and will Kenneth manage to hide his sideline ˜Blow & Go Cabs' from salon boss Troy? The Dawsons are back, this time with Sheron's fun-loving mum Loretta in tow. Say hello to all our familiar faces, and some celebrity VIP guests too, including Nigel Havers, John Challis, Uri Geller, Amanda Barrie, Jason Manford and Madness, as well as a cameo from our favourite Solana CEO, Dame Joan Collins!

• Bad Girls - Series One | DVD | (18/06/2001) from £24.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (60.02%)   |  RRP £39.99

  If the concept of a TV drama set in a woman's prison was one potentially fraught with cliché, the critical and commercial success of Bad Girls is a testament to fine writing, performance and production. With no preamble or scene setting, Series 1 immediately plunges the viewer into the world of Larkhall Prison, its inmates and staff. This approach leaves the characters to reveal themselves at varying pace, with each episode bringing new details about their life on the outside. Given the nature of the setting, it is unsurprising that the show is an ensemble, female-dominated piece. Simone Lahbib, Mandana Jones and Debra Stephenson are all excellent in the three key roles, with impressive support throughout the cast. Male characters are generally relegated to the sidelines, with the exception of sleazy warden Jim Fenner (played with skin crawling accuracy by Jack Ellis). The sexual realities of the environment are handled realistically and sensitively, and not for nothing is the word "uncut" splashed across the cover: there are some quite disturbing scenes, especially in the earlier episodes. On the DVD: The DVD enhances the show's attempts to capture the atmosphere of prison, with sharp contrast between light and darkness and the constant barracking, cat-calling and snide asides sounding crisp, clear and suitably nasty. Of the impressive 70 minutes of extra features much will only be of real interest to absolute devotees. A documentary examining work on the forthcoming third series may go into admirable detail, but how much interest a costume truck can actually be is perhaps debatable. The footage itself is a little unpolished, but does provide the cast members with an opportunity to reveal themselves, as does the extensive interview section. Not only do the main actors give valuable insights into their characters, but it is also interesting to see how the process has influenced their opinions on the prison system. A feature on a book signing in London certainly puts the show into an audience context, but the collection of outtakes (presented in a, supposedly intentionally, amateurish and tacky manner by Lahbib) is at best superfluous. There is more than a hint of trying to find material to fill the space, but overall this is an impressive effort. --Phil Udell