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• State and Main | DVD | (24/09/2007) from £3.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (300.75%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A big-budget movie crew descends upon the sleepy town of Waterford Vermont. Soon money will change hands careers will be jeopardised and love will bloom. Pity the poor film director (William H. Macy) who's arrive only to discover that the local mill - a crucial location for his movie The Old Mill - burned down in 1960. On top of this he is faced with a problematic cast and crew. The idealistic screenwriter (Philip Seymour Hoffman) would rather pursue a pure-hearted local girl (Rebecca Pidgeon) than do a last-minute rewrite; the bimbo starlet (Sarah Jessica Parker) is now baulking at her contractual nude scene; and a local teenager (Julia Stiles) is only too willing to exploit the indiscretions of the film's skirt-chasing star (Alec Baldwin). And of course the power-wielding producer (David Paymer) is panicking about everything. David Mamet's State and Main is a hilarious screwball comedy and movie satire.

• Kermit's Swamp Years | DVD | (07/03/2005) from £5.63   |  Saving you £0.36 (6.39%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Kermit's Swamp Years is the full-length version of a one-off American cable television feature that sets out to show us the formative years of the future host of The Muppet Show. Its focus is a childhood adventure involving Kermit and his two best friends: a somewhat delinquent frog called Croaker, and a tremulous toad named Goggles. Though the film was, obviously, made some years after the death of Kermit's creator, Jim Henson, the wit, spirit and joy that informed Sesame Street and The Muppet Show are all discernible here. Henson's resounding genius was to understand that children can tell when they are being treated like idiots, and that they don't much care for it, which is why The Muppet Show is still enjoyed by adults who grew up with the programme, and why none of those adults will object to sitting through Kermit's Swamp Years with their children. On the DVD: Kermit's Swamp Years is presented anamorphically in 1.78:1 widescreen. Extras include behind-the-scenes footage, which reinforces the fact that the human magic necessary to animate the muppet characters is far more interesting and impressive than any amount of the computer wizardry now favoured by most similar films. There are also some quite well-done muppet pastiches of the common DVD special features, interviews with, and commentary from, the stars, and a collection of bloopers and out-takes. --Andrew Mueller

• Penguins Of Madagascar: Operation Antarctica | DVD | (19/11/2012) from £7.23   |  Saving you £2.02 (33.84%)   |  RRP £7.99

  An enormous icebrrrg adventure! Batten down the hatches and set sail for a thrilling all-new holiday adventure to... dramatic pause... ANTARCTICA! Watch as the wacky Penguins discover it takes a lot more than cute and cuddly to pull off their coolest caper yet!

• Rhodes | DVD | (03/03/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Starring Martin Shaw (George Gently) and Frances Barber (Goal) Neil Pearson (Drop the Dead Donkey) and Ken Stott (Rebus). This BAFTA nominated drama tells the controversial story of Cecil Rhodes how he became the wealthiest man in the world and founded the nation Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Originally broadcast on BBC One in 1996 attracting audiences in excess of eight million viewers this series was filmed on location in the stunning scenery of South Africa with a massive 10 million budget. This triple DVD set featuring all eight episodes and is available for the first time on DVD.

• Friends - Series 7 - Complete | DVD | (05/07/2010) from £5.13   |  Saving you £7.86 (60.50%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Episodes Comprise: 1. The One With Monica's Thunder 2. The One With Rachel's Book 3. The One With Phoebe's Cookies 4. The One With Rachel's Assistant 5. The One With The Engagement Picture 6. The One With The Nap Partners 7. The One With Ross's Library Book 8. The One Where Chandler Doesn't Like Dogs 9. The One With All The Candy 10. The One With The Holiday Armadillo 11. The One With All The Cheesecakes 12. The One Where They're Up All Night 13. The One Where Rosita Dies 14. The One Where They All Turn Thirty 15. The One With Joey's New Brain 16. The One With Truth About London 17. The One With The Cheap Wedding Dress 18. The One With Joey's Award 19. The One With Ross and Monica's Cousin 20. The One with Rachel's Big Kiss 21. The One with The Vows 22. The One With Chandler's Dad 23. The One With The Wedding (Feature length special episode)

• Rock Haven | DVD | (26/05/2008) from £14.98   |  Saving you £0.01 (0.07%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A young spiritual man - Brady moves to the seaside town of Rock Haven - with his mother Marty who is setting up a Christian school in the area. When Brady meets the seductive Clifford - his world is turned upside down. There is an instant attraction between Brady and Clifford but Brady is troubled by his feelings for Clifford - which conflict strongly with his devoutly Christan beliefs.

• Happy Feet 2/Yogi Bear/Legend Of The Guardians Triple Pack (Blu-Ray 3D | Blu Ray | (08/10/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £31.40

  Happy Feet 2 The sequel to Happy Feet, the Academy Award-winning animated smash hit, Happy Feet Two returns audiences to the magnificent landscape of Antarctica. Mumble, The Master of Tap, has a problem because his tiny son, Erik, is choreo-phobic. Reluctant to dance, Erik runs away and encounters The Mighty Sven - a penguin who can fly! Mumble has no hope of competing with this charismatic new role model. But things get worse when the world is shaken by powerful forces...

• Nip/Tuck - Season 3 | DVD | (08/05/2006) from £5.98   |  Saving you £44.01 (735.95%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Dylan Walsh and Julian McMahon return as the elite plastic surgery team of Sean McNamara and Christian Troy, whose skill at giving others perfect bodies contrasts with their own imperfect lives.

• Crash | DVD | (21/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  David Cronenberg's controversial drama examines the relationship between sex and danger. Adman James Ballard (James Spader) becomes sexually aroused by car crashes after colliding with fellow driver Dr Helen Remington (Holly Hunter). Through Helen who shares his arousal James meets Vaughan (Elias Koteas) who enjoys staging and causing car crashes; James then introduces his wife Catherine (Deborah Kara Unger) to Vaughan and the two embark on a sexual relationship. Despite being h

• The Game Of Their Lives | DVD | (24/05/2010) from £8.13   |  Saving you £7.86 (96.68%)   |  RRP £15.99

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• Fred Claus | Blu Ray | (24/11/2008) from £7.94   |  Saving you £22.04 (445.25%)   |  RRP £26.99

  Fred Claus has lived almost his entire life in his little brother's very large shadow so when Fred arrives at the North Pole to work off a debt, trouble isn't far behind.

• Dune -- Two-disc Special Edition | DVD | (04/07/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  This two-disc special edition release of David Lynch's 1984 film Dune presents the same cut as originally shown theatrically, but with an improved transfer compared to the previous DVD edition and with the addition of new and archive documentary material. In case of confusion, it should be noted that this is not any of the following versions: the re-edited TV movie adaptation of Lynch's film, the long-sought-after extended version Lynch screened for cast and crew in January 1984, a new Director's Cut, or the Sci-Fi Channel mini series. The first disc contains a new anamorphically enhanced 2.35:1 transfer taken from a High Definition archive copy of the 1984 film, further restored to remove dirt and scratches, and a Dolby Digital 5.1 remix as well as the original stereo soundtrack. The film looks superb and sounds almost as good, though a DTS soundtrack would have been welcome. The main extras are a well illustrated 32-page booklet written by Paul Sammon, author of the excellent Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner and The Making of Starship Troopers and a new 38-minute anamorphic widescreen documentary, Impressions of Dune. This is much superior to the average making-of, featuring significant new contributions from Kyle MacLachlan, producer Raffaella De Laurentiis, cinematographer Freddie Francis and others--though David Lynch is conspicuous by his absence. Destination Dune is a six-minute promotional featurette made by Sammon at the time of the film's release and the 4:3 image is fairly poor quality. An 83-second BBC interview with Frank Herbert is too short to be of more than passing interest, though the original trailer is a fine example of the 1980's way of selling movies. The set is completed with routine cast and crew profiles. Even with no involvement from Lynch and no commentaries, this is still the best Dune on DVD. --Gary S. Dalkin

• Shivers | Blu Ray | (13/10/2014) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-1.59 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Being Terrified Is Just The Beginning... Initially reviled in its native land (some critics took exception to the fact the film was largely funded by the Canadian taxpayer) Shivers is an intensely claustrophobic subversive masterpiece and an essential entry in the oeuvre of one of the horror genre's most gifted auteurs. Some 40 years after its release it still retains its power to shock. Starliner Island is an idyllic community. Cut off from the rest of the world the luxury apartment block affords its occupants the chance to escape from the hustle and bustle of the big city. But this isolation is to prove fatal when a new breed of parasite - a combination of aphrodisiac and venereal disease which arouses sexual aggression in its hosts - is let loose in the building resulting in an orgy terror and mayhem. Known under a host of alternate titles such as The Parasite Murdersand They Came From Within! Shivers is the startling debut full-length feature from director David Cronenberg which anticipates the body-horror concerns of his later films such as The Fly and Videodrome. Special Features: High definition digital transfer Newly created and exclusive content Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork to be revealed! Collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film and more!

• Blood Of The Vikings | DVD | (13/01/2014) from £4.90   |  Saving you £6.09 (124.29%)   |  RRP £10.99

  The Viking warrior, King Thorsson, sets out to conquer the mysterious Bear Island that is supposedly the lair of a mythical half-man, half-beast creature cursed by the Norse God, Odin. But the king is betrayed by Sven, the cowardly, power-hungry heir to the throne and his men are slaughtered and he is captured by the monster. Freya (Jane March; Clash of the Titans) the king s beautiful daughter and fearless fighter, embarks on a quest to bring him home, preparing to sacrifice herself...

• Alternative 3 | DVD | (08/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  First broadcast as part of a Science Report documentary series Alternative 3 uncovered an astonishing link between britain's brain drain of disappearing experts climate change and the start of an extra-terrestial colony. The programme ended with the credit Anglia Television April 1st 1977 and was in fact a Sci-fi drama and a deadpan heir to The War Of The Worlds. But after its broadcasts world wide that same week Alternative 3 clearly showed how the medium can manipulate the message as millions were fooled by the programme which provoked front page headlines and has inspired conspiracy theories ever since.

• Andrea Bocelli - A Night In Tuscany | DVD | (15/11/2004) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-5.01 (-33.40%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Part concert, part documentary, part travelogue, this video hit duplicates the success of Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli's albums and underscores his unique crossover appeal. Critical response to Bocelli has been confined to fusillades of scorn from classical and opera writers, but the bullet-proof superstar is better understood in the context of a mainland European tradition of pop-classical fusion. Bocelli cheerfully ignores the supposed wall between high (classical) art and low (pop) kitsch with his mix of operatic chestnuts, soft pop and traditional Italian songs.Indeed, despite interview segments in which he proclaims his love of opera or proudly recalls an apprenticeship to operatic veteran Franco Corelli, Bocelli comes across as more fan than virtuoso. But if his voice can prompt technical cavils from hard-core opera buffs, the blind singer's emotional directness and relative lack of onstage preening explain much of his populist appeal. Featured songs include warhorse arias, leading off with the "Louie, Louie" of tenor showpieces, Turandot's "Nessun Dorma" and duets with gruff Italian pop-rocker Zucchero and sopranos Nuccia Focile and Sarah Brightman (who buddies up for the tear-jerking closer, "Time to Say Goodbye"). Even with the marquee bonus of those guests, however, A Night in Tuscany gets its biggest boost from the seductive Italian countryside, prominently featured in between-song segments, and in the romantic concert setting, Pisa's Piazza dei Cavalieri. --Sam Sutherland

• Sliders - Season 3 | DVD | (27/12/2004) from £17.53   |  Saving you £17.46 (49.90%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Mastermind Quinn Mallory (Jerry O'Connell) returns for more fantastical adventures as he continues traveling from universe to universe in the complete third season of Sliders. Along with comrade Wade (Sabrina Lloyd) physics professor Arturo (John Rhys-Davies) and Rembrandt ""Crying Man"" Brown (Cleavant Derricks) Quinn explores new and mysterious Earths; and along the way encounters tornadoes droughts wizards warlocks and even his own younger-self! Featuring a plethora of guest

• Executive Stress - The Complete Series 3 | DVD | (20/05/2013) from £7.82   |  Saving you £5.17 (66.11%)   |  RRP £12.99

  With the children grown up Caroline Fairchild has resumed her former career assuming the role of Editorial Director for her old company Oasis Publishing – against the wishes of husband Donald who also works in the industry.

• Below | DVD | (25/04/2011) from £6.59   |  Saving you £13.40 (67.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Six hundred feet beneath the surface terror runs deep... On what should be a routine rescue mission during World War II the submarine USS Tiger Shark picks up three survivors of a U-boat attack. But for the crew trapped together in the sub's narrow corridors and constricted spaces the unexpected visitors seem to spark a series of chilling otherworldly occurrences... A spooky wartime tale co-written by Darren Aranofsky (Pi Requiem For A Dream).

• The Tribal Eye (Repackaged) | DVD | (24/09/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Series of 7 programmes which relate masterpieces of the world's tribal art to the people and places that produced. David Attenborough visits a cliff-dwelling tribe in the Mali desert, investigates the sadly vanishing culture of the North West American Indian tribes, explores the wealth and culture of the Aztecs and Incas of Central and South America and looks at the remarkable sculptures created by the bus people in the New Hebrides.