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• Ain't Them Bodies Saints | DVD | (10/02/2014) from £4.50   |  Saving you £11.49 (255.33%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Beautifully shot critically-acclaimed and led by captivating performances from Casey Affleck (The Killer Inside Me) and Rooney Mara (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) Ain't Them Bodies Saints is an unforgettable and powerful love story set amidst the beautiful backdrop of 1970s Texas Hill County. Bob Muldoon (Affleck) and Ruth Guthrie (Mara) an impassioned young outlaw couple are finally apprehended after a shootout in the Texas hills. Although Ruth wounds local officer Sheriff Wheeler (Ben Foster) Bob takes the blame and is sent to jail. Four years later Bob escapes from prison and sets out to reunite with his beloved wife and the daughter he has never met with dramatic and heart-breaking consequences. Special Features: Interviews with Director and Cast Three Deleted Scenes Two Character Teasers Music Video from Keith Carradine's The Lights Behind the Scenes Documentary by The Ross Brothers

• Prince Avalanche | DVD | (10/02/2014) from £14.43   |  Saving you £3.56 (24.67%)   |  RRP £17.99

  David Gordon Green (Pineapple Express, Your Highness) directs this hilarious road movie starring Paul Rudd (Anchorman, Knocked Up) and Emile Hirsh (Alpha Dog, Into the Wild) about two road workers forced to spend the summer together on a desolate highway in Texas. After Alvin (Rudd) a serious-minded outdoors type has reluctantly agreed to employ his girlfriend s lazy younger brother, Lance (Hirsch), and is already regretting it. Acquiring some lethal moonshine from an oddball trucker, drunken...

• Bambi / Bambi 2 (Double Pack) | Blu Ray | (04/03/2013) from £10.98   |  Saving you £11.00 (122.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Bambi: It always comes up when people are comparing their most traumatic movie experiences: "the death of Bambi's mother," a recollection that can bring a shudder to even the most jaded filmgoer. That primal separation (which is no less stunning for happening off-screen) is the centerpiece of Bambi, Walt Disney's 1942 animated classic, but it is by no means the only bold stroke in the film. In its swift but somehow leisurely 69 minutes, Bambi covers a year in the life of a young deer. But in a bigger way, it measures the life cycle itself, from birth to adulthood, from childhood's freedom to grown-up responsibility. All of this is rendered in cheeky, fleet-footed style--the movie doesn't lecture, or make you feel you're being fed something that's good for you. The animation is miraculous, a lush forest in which nature is a constantly unfolding miracle (even in a spectacular fire, or those dark moments when "man was in the forest"). There are probably easier animals to draw than a young deer, and the Disney animators set themselves a challenge with Bambi's wobbly glide across an ice-covered lake, his spindly legs akimbo; but the sequence is effortless and charming. If Bambi himself is just a bit dull--such is the fate of an Everydeer--his rabbit sidekick Thumper and a skunk named Flower more than make up for it. Many of the early Disney features have their share of lyrical moments and universal truths, but Bambi is so simple, so pure, it's almost transparent. You might borrow a phrase from Thumper and say it's downright twitterpated. --Robert HortonBambi 2: A sequel to the 1942 Disney classic, Bambi, is laden with expectations since audiences are justifiably protective of this beloved tale abounding with enchantment and nostalgia. Rest assured: Bambi II rises to the occasion, succeeding at every turn. Brian Pimental directs the 70-minute direct-to-video release, which seamlessly integrates the beauty, subtlety, and essence of the original film. The new tale is actually a "midquel" as it takes place in the middle of the original film's story line, exploring Bambi's coming-of-age challenges. The saga begins soon after Bambi's mother has died--and for viewers who shudder at the thought of having to relive that traumatic movie experience, you won't. With gentle inferences to her passing, Bambi (voiced by Alexander Gould, Finding Nemo) is left to the clumsy-though-well-meaning care of his father, the Great Prince (voiced by Patrick Stewart) who faces the difficult task of raising a son while silently mourning his own loss. Yet the weighty subject of death is soon overshadowed by the wonders of forest life. Through skillful storytelling, the film takes an early turn toward levity. After all, it's spring and Bambi's familiar friends, Thumper and Flower, are ready to play. Especially charming are the scenes where the forest animals give each other lessons in bravery and soon have a chance to test their mettle in scuffles with a newcomer to the mix, a blustering bully named Ronno (voiced by Anthony Ghannam). A strong soundtrack includes selections by Martina McBride, Michelle Lewis, Alison Krauss, and Anthony Callea. There is even a nostalgic nod to the original composer, Frank Churchill, with "Let's Sing a Gay Little Spring Song." The film's strength, however, is in its well-crafted humor: simple one-liners and animated antics that refrain from 21st century trends to cloak inappropriate innuendoes and double entendres in G-rated clothing, hoping to pander to an adult audience. This is vintage Disney; it panders to no one yet pleases all--delightfully worth the wait. The DVD's bonus material includes a "making-of" featurette, Bambi trivia, and a mini-tutorial with a Disney animator. (All ages) --Lynn Gibson

• Field of Blood | DVD | (05/09/2011) from £8.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (122.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on the best-selling crime novel from a series by Denise Mina set in Glasgow in 1982 Paddy Meehan is a young girl in a world of men; a feisty 'copy boy' in the sexist hard-boozing cutthroat world of journalism. Paddy dreams of being an investigative reporter and she grabs the opportunity when a young boy Brian Wilcox is kidnapped and found murdered. Paddy sees connections to a year-old crime that nobody else sees and she is determined to make it her story. But when Paddy crosses the line she becomes outcast from her devoutly Catholic family and puts the lives of her colleagues as well as her own at risk. The closer she gets to the murderer the closer she gets to murder; and the price of achieving her dream will prove greater than she can ever imagine.

• Beautiful Stranger | Blu Ray | (06/05/2019) from £8.19   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Hollywood icon Ginger Rogers makes her British film debut in this rarely-seen crime drama from the early 1950s. Directed by David Miller - then riding high with his American noir classic Sudden Fear! - and co-starring Herbert Lom and a young Stanley Baker, Beautiful Stranger is presented here as a brand-new High Definition transfer from the original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio. Johnny Victor, a gorgeous ex-actress, lives in luxury on the French Riviera courtesy of Louis Galt - a wealthy businessman with global interests. But Louis' fortune is built on crime and his possessive mania brings about a train of violence from which death is the only certain outcome... Special Features: Image gallery PDF material

• Quantum Leap - Series 5 | DVD | (26/12/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £27.99

  The final season of the cult TV programme Quantum Leap finally comes to DVD. Episodes Comprise: 1.Lee Harvey Oswald: Part 1 2. Lee Harvey Oswald: Part 2 3. Leaping of The Shrew 4. Nowhere to Run 5. Killin' Time 6. Star Light Star Bright 7. Deliver Us From Evil 8. Trilogy: Part 1 9. Trilogy: Part 2 10. Trilogy: Part 3 11. Promised Land 12. A Tale Of Two Sweeties 13. Liberation 14. Dr. Ruth 15. Blood Moon 16. Return 17. Revenge 18. Goodbye Norma Jean 19.The Beast Within 20. The Leap Between The States 21. Memphis Melody 22. Mirror Image

• Harry Potter Hogwarts Collection | Blu Ray | (24/11/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £159.99

  Follow Harry Hermione and Ron from day one as vulnerable young children learning new tricks at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to their epic final battle as fully fledged wizards in a true battle of good vs. evil. This collection contains all 8 of the popular adaptions of J.K. Rowling’s action-packed novels.

• Videodrome | Blu Ray | (17/08/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Combining the bio-horror elements of his earlier films whilst anticipating the technological themes of his later work Videodrome exemplifies Cronenberg’s extraordinary talent for making both visceral and cerebral cinema. Max Renn (James Woods) is looking for fresh new content for his TV channel when he happens across some illegal S&M-style broadcasts called ‘Videodrome’. Embroiling his girlfriend Nicki (Debbie Harry) in his search for the source his journey begins to blur the lines between reality and fantasy as he works his way through sadomasochistic games shady organisations and body transformations stunningly realised by the Oscar-winning makeup effects artist Rick Baker. Hailed by his contemporaries John Carpenter (“he’s better than all of us combined”) and Martin Scorsese (“no one makes films like he does”) as a genius Videodrome was Cronenberg’s most mature work to date and still stands as one of his greatest. LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS: High Definition digital transfers of the uncut version of Videodrome and four of Cronenberg’s early works Original uncompressed mono audio tracks for all films Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for all films Limited Edition packaging fully illustrated by Gilles Vranckx Limited Edition Exclusive Extras VIDEODROME – BLU-RAY DISC 1 AND DVD DISC 2: Restored high-definition digital transfer of the unrated version approved by director David Cronenberg and cinematographer Mark Irwin Audio commentary by Tim Lucas the on-set correspondent for Cinefantastique Magazine and author of Videodrome: Studies in the Horror Film David Cronenberg and the Cinema of the Extreme – A documentary programme featuring interviews with Cronenberg George A. Romero and Alex Cox on Cronenberg’s cinema censorship and the horror genre Forging the New Flesh – A documentary programme by filmmaker Michael Lennick on Videodrome’s video and prosthetic make up effects Videoblivion: A brand new interview with cinematographer Mark Irwin A brand new interview with producer Pierre David AKA Jack Martin - Dennis Etchison author of novelizations of Videodrome Halloween Halloween II and III and The Fog discusses Videodrome and his observations of Cronenberg’s script The complete uncensored Samurai Dreams footage with additional Videodrome broadcasts with optional commentary by Michael Lennick Helmet Test and Betamax Camera (2000) Cronenberg’s short film starring Videodrome’s Les Carlson Fear on Film: A round table discussion from 1982 with Cronenberg John Carpenter John Landis and Mick Garris Deleted scenes (TBC) Promotional featurette with behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with Cronenberg James Woods Deborah Harry and Rick Baker Original theatrical trailers DAVID CRONENBERG’S EARLY WORKS: BLU-RAY DISC 3 AND DVD DISC 4 [LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVE] High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation of four Cronenberg films Transfer (1966) & From the Drain (1967) Cronenberg’s previously unavailable short films newly restored by the Toronto International Film Festival [7 & 12 mins] Stereo (1969) & Crimes of the Future (1970): Cronenberg’s early amateur feature films shot in and around his university campus prefigure his later work’s concerns with strange institutions (much like Videodrome’s Spectacular Optical) as well as male/female separation (Dead Ringers) and ESP (Scanners). Newly restored from original lab elements [65 & 70 mins] Transfer the Future – Author and critic Kim Newman discusses Cronenberg’s early works COLLECTOR’S BOOKLET [LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVE] An illustrated 100-page hardback book featuring new writing including Justin Humphreys on Videodrome in a modern context Brad Stevens on the alternate versions Caelum Vatnsdal on Cronenberg’s early works extracts from Cronenberg on Cronenberg featuring Cronenberg’s reminiscences of getting started in filmmaking and shooting all the films in this collection plus more illustrated with original archive stills

• Hung Season 1 (HBO) | DVD | (13/09/2010) from £9.59   |  Saving you £30.40 (317.00%)   |  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.

• Divorcing Jack | DVD | (27/01/2003) from £12.98   |  Saving you £1.01 (7.78%)   |  RRP £13.99

  He's Irish he drinks is a touch cynical and when he has time he writes a newspaper column. On the eve of the country's first election as an independent state Dan Starkey's life is about to change after he finds the young woman he has just made love to dead and his only ally is a nun..

• Hollyoaks - Indecent Behaviour | DVD | (17/11/2001) from £6.98   |  Saving you £13.01 (186.39%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The UK's No.1 teen soap comes to DVD with a controversial and steamy special spinning off the November 2001 plot clifhanger.

• Southbound | Blu Ray | (08/08/2016) from £16.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A twisted horror anthology from the minds that brought you V/H/S On a desolate stretch of desert highway, weary travellers two men on the run from their past, a band on their way to the next gig, a man struggling to get home, a brother in search of his long-lost sister and a family on vacation are forced to confront their worst fears and darkest secrets in these interwoven tales of terror and remorse on the open road.

• The Arcata Promise | DVD | (17/09/2012) from £8.98   |  Saving you £6.00 (85.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Once upon a time, in the small town of Arcata in California, a rich and successful actor made a promise to a young, attractive and vulnerable girl: I shall love you. Look after you. I don't want to hurt you or oppress you, or deny you in any way. But the promise was broken. After being constantly abused and assaulted, the girl left, and the actor fell into a self-destructive spiral: drink, no friends, no work. Now, left alone in a shabby basement flat, he is haunted by that promise, the girl to whom he made it, and himself. Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins stars opposite Kate Nelligan in renowned playwright David Mercer s intense, harrowing screenplay, for which producer Peter Willes received a Silver Medal for Outstanding Creative Achievement from the Royal Television Society. First screened as part of ITV s Sunday Night Drama anthology, The Arcata Promise showcases a tour-de-force performance from one of the world's most significant and respected actors.

• Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends - Brave Little Engines | DVD | (16/06/2003) from £18.24   |  Saving you £-5.25 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Thomas & Friends are back with eight exciting episodes. Join Thomas Percy James Edward Toby Duck Rheneas and Skarloey and the Fat Controller for more action-packed brave adventures on the Island of Sodor. Episode titles: A Friend In Need Scaredy Engines Percy And The Haunted Mine James And The Red Balloon Toby Had A Little Lamb Thomas Percy And The Squeak Edward The Very Useful Engine Rusty Saves The Day.

• Monsters, Inc. --Widescreen Two Disc Collector's Edition | DVD | (07/09/2002) from £9.94   |  Saving you £15.05 (151.41%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The monsters in Monsters, Inc. are just so incredibly cute--and they know it. Whereas Woody, Buzz and pals in the Toy Story saga were filled with self-doubt about just how much the children in their lives would continue to love them, here our heroic monsters and their impossibly lovable human ward Boo have no such worries, at least when it comes to the cinema audience. And that's why Monsters, Inc., for all its wondrous computer-animated artistry, its smart humour and its family-friendly appeal, doesn't quite capture the naïve charm of its predecessors. Nevertheless, John Goodman and Billy Crystal, as scare-champions Sulley and Mike, are a great double-act whose comedy never goes over kids' heads but still reaches up to make their parents laugh. The film's central conceit--that monsters in the bedroom closet are just doing a night's work in order to generate power from screams for the city of Monstropolis--is funny and cleverly worked out; and kids will of course love the fact that the monsters are mortally afraid of the very children they are trying to frighten. The animation is extraordinarily detailed (Sulley's fur is a marvel in itself) and the set-piece action sequences top anything that has gone before for sheer audaciousness. But overall Pixar play things very safe, from the hissable villain to the end credit "outtakes". A bolder film might have taken inspiration from The Nightmare Before Christmas; instead, a little of that Disney disease of knowing cuteness seems to have crept into the formula. --Mark Walker

• British Transport Films Collection - Vol. 3 - Running A Railway | DVD | (29/05/2006) from £10.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (81.89%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Running a Railway is the third release in bfi Video's digitally re-mastered double-disc DVD series of British Transport Films combining favourites from the much loved and best-selling video series with additional material. This new collection contains four hours of footage including the multi-award-winning Terminus directed by John Schlesinger. Among these rare gems are: Farmer Moving South (1952): The true story of a Yorkshire farmer who decided to sell his land and move his entire stock - cattle pigs and poultry machinery ploughs and tractors - south to Sussex by rail in December on what was the coldest night of the year. I Am A Litter Basket (1959): Every day the people who use railway stations drop hundreds of tons of litter all over the place while me and my mates have to stand by empty and starving. Until one day we get so desperate we go foraging for ourselves. And what happens? Take a look at this film. It makes me weep to think of it. I nearly gave up all hope until - but wait and see! Modelling for the Future (1961) Visions of an earlier Channel Tunnel scheme and a model of the proposed terminal. This film demonstrates a range of facilities and shows the possibilities of an age-old dream - a dry land crossing between England and France. The Third Sam (1962) - Sam Smith is taught to drive an electric locomotive. He learns the new job without difficulty but one day his train breaks down and Sam summons up three sides of his character to deal with the emergency. With narration in typical rhyming monologue by Stanley Holloway this is an original and amusing approach to instructional filmmaking. E For Experimental (1975): An account of the development of British Rail's experimental Advanced Passenger Train (APT) The film explains in simple terms some of the many novel design features of the APT including the tilt mechanism and the hydro-kinetic brake and shows the train in action during its trials. All these films are now preserved in the bfi National Film and Television Archive. The DVDs are a 'must' not only for the transport enthusiast but also for anyone who enjoys historical documentary films. A booklet containing an introduction and film notes by BTF historian Steven Foxon accompanies the discs.

• First Kid | DVD | (28/02/2005) from £19.50   |  Saving you £-4.51 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Available for the first time on DVD! He's young. He's wild. He's fun. And he's the one protecting the president's son. A wise-cracking Secret Service Agent with hopes of one day being assigned to protect the President gets more than he bargained for when he's ordered instead to protect his precocious son. Though leery of one another at first the two eventually develop a strong bond of friendship--and thwart a plot against the First Family in the bargain!

• Merlin 2 | DVD | (17/04/2006) from £12.13   |  Saving you £7.86 (64.80%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Sam Neill returns to the small-screen as the mythical wizard Merlin in this sequel to the original Emmy Award-winning smash mini-series. The great sorcerer Merlin has returned to Camelot a Kingdom now vulnerable to ill-fates and war since the theft of the Holy Grail its greatest gift and protection. With the help of Jack an irascible young beggar-thief imbued with his own unruly magic the fight against unknown dangers begins - to find the Grail restore it to its rightful plac

• Eurythmics - Peacetour | DVD | (28/06/2005) from £9.43   |  Saving you £-3.44 (-57.40%)   |  RRP £5.99

  As music DVDs go, sweet dreams must surely be made of this. Quite apart from carrying a great performance (although the music production is perhaps too sanitary overall), the label appears to have gone all-out to ensure that pretty much every extra feature that the DVD format supports is represented here in the best possible way. The performance is taken from the final (London Docklands Arena) date of the 1999 tour in support of Amnesty International and Greenpeace and includes all the classics you'd expect. There are some nice multi-angle options on a couple of the songs, a self-congratulatory and patronising interview/documentary section (but better to have it than not), a discography, a complete lyrics section, and a rather dull gallery of photographs which looks like a way of using up the PR department's leftovers. But the music's great if you're a fan and pretty damn good even if you're not, and as a demonstration of how all music DVDs should be produced--i.e. stuffed to the last possible byte with all kinds of material--this release is the business. --Roger Thomas

• CSI Miami: Series 1, Part 1 | DVD | (06/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £40.99

  CSI: Miami follows the same super-successful formula as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Fortunately, this instantly popular spin-off established its own unique identity from the start. Like Gil Grissom's motley crew, the Dade County criminalists of CSI: Miami solve murders using forensic science. Unlike the Vegas crew, however, they're cops with the power to arrest, their coroner talks to dead people, and almost everybody speaks Spanish. Sometimes their crime scene is a swamp, sometimes a resort hotel. Either way, the skies are always sunny, the gators always biting. Real-life Florida resident David Caruso--playing Lt Horatio Caine, the head honcho--is joined by Khandi Alexander (NewsRadio) as coroner Alexx Woods, Emily Procter (The West Wing) as ballistics expert Calleigh Duquesne, Adam Rodriguez (Roswell) as underwater recovery expert Eric Delko, and featured player Rory Cochrane (Dazed and Confused) as Tim "Speed" Speedle--though Cochrane wouldn't become a full-fledged cast member until the 12th episode ("Entrance Wound"). Kim Delaney (Caruso's former NYPD Blue cast mate) features in the first few episodes, but left after the tenth, reportedly due to a lack of chemistry with Caruso. Just as CSI has made the most of its location with stories about showgirls and casino owners, so has CSI: Miami exploited its surroundings for all they're worth. Like its parent show, CSI: Miami quickly became a US ratings powerhouse and was followed by CSI: New York in 2004. --Kathleen C. Fennessy