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• Hill Street Blues - Season 2 | DVD | (12/06/2006) from £12.59   |  Saving you £23.66 (208.83%)   |  RRP £34.99

  ""Let's be careful out there."" The complete second season of Steve Bochco's ground-breaking cop show. Episodes Comprise: 1. Hearts and Minds 2. Blood Money 3. The Last White Man on East Ferry Avenue 4. The Second Oldest Profession 5. Fruits of the Poisonous Tree 6. Cranky Streets 7. Chipped Beef 8. The World According to Freedom 9. Pestolozzi's Revenge 10. The Spy Who Came in From Delgado 11. Freedom's Last Stand 12. Of Mouse and Man 13. Zen and

• British Comedies of the 1930s Volume 3 | DVD | (27/07/2015) from £4.49   |  Saving you £8.50 (189.31%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The ebullient comedy films of the 1930s brought escape and laughter to millions of British cinemagoers enabling veteran stars of the music-hall and theatre to reach out to a wider audience – making household names of performers like Leslie Fuller Hal Gordon Bobby Howes Ernest Lotinga and Gene Gerrard. Although comedy would prove to be the decade's most successful film genre many of these classic early talkies have remained unseen since their original release. This ongoing collection showcases a wealth of rare features each presented uncut in a brand-new transfer from the best available elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. HIS WIFE'S MOTHER (1932) A newlywed has a trying time proving his innocence when his mother-in-law catches him kissing another girl! Black and White / 67 mins / 1.33:1 / Mono / English THE LAST COUPON (1932) A frugal coal miner turns into a spendthrift when he wins £20 000 on the football pools! Black and White / 82 mins / 1.19:1 / Mono / English

• NCIS - The Complete Second Season | DVD | (16/10/2006) from £9.99   |  Saving you £40.00 (400.40%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Featuring all the episodes from Season 2! Episodes Comprise: 1. See No Evil 2. The Good Wives Club 3. Vanished 4. Lt. Jane Doe 5. The Bone Yard 6. Terminal Leave 7. Call Of Silence 8. Heart Break 9. Forced Entry 10. Chained 11. Black Water 12. Doppelganger 13. The Meat Puzzle 14. Witness 15. Caught On Tape 16. Pop Life 17. An Eye For An Eye 18. Bikini Wax 19. Conspiracy Theory 20. Red Cell 21. Hometown Hero 22. SWAK 23. Twilight

• The Uninvited | Blu Ray | (19/10/2009) from £14.98   |  Saving you £12.01 (80.17%)   |  RRP £26.99

  Anna (Emily Browning) returns home following her mother's tragic death and discovers that her mother's former nurse, the evil Rachel (Elizabeth Banks), has moved into their house and become engaged to her father. A lethal battle of wills ensues.

• Carry On Girls | DVD | (27/08/2001) from £14.98   |  Saving you £-4.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Carry On Girls was the last really successful instalment of the epic series of British film comedies. It's studded with gems of cameo performances and a tremendously innuendo-laden Talbot Rothwell script that is easily the equal of any of its predecessors. The setting, a beauty contest to raise the profile of the dismal resort Fircombe-on-Sea, is ripe for politically incorrect activity of the sort that could only be conducted by Sid James at the height of his lecherous powers. Enter Bernard Bresslaw in a corset, Wendy Richard as Ida Downs, Barbara Windsor as Miss Easy Rider and a host of other semi-clad lovelies and watch as the whole thing rises to a slapstick climax of frisky old colonels, bikinis, bosoms and itching powder. In the smaller roles, Joan Hickson (BBC television's Miss Marple) is hilarious as an elderly woman who believes she is a man-magnet and the always under-used Patsy Rowlands excels as the downtrodden mayor's wife, a worm who finally turns. But in many ways this is June Whitfield's film. As the terrifying reactionary councillor Mrs Prodworthy, with a butch lesbian sidekick, she plots the downfall of her male colleagues with classic lines. "Rosemary, get the candle", she orders as Patsy Rowlands requests initiation into the cause. Margaret Thatcher never sounded so ominous. On the DVD: Like most of the other DVD Carry On releases, this one is presented in 4:3 format with a mono soundtrack. All right, you don't really need anything more sophisticated to recreate the cosy ritual of Carry On watching in your living room. And the print is good and sharp. But apart from the usual scene index, the lack of extras reflects a disappointingly unimaginative approach to celebrating a genre of film comedy that, for all its low budget reputation, provided a showcase for the cream of a whole generation of British comic actors. They deserve better.--Piers Ford

• Rocky - The Complete Saga with Creed Sneak Peak | Blu Ray | (05/10/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £78.99

  Go the distance with this Rocky TM Heavyweight Collection featuring all six knockout Rocky TM filmson Blu-ray™ plus six exclusive character cards with collectible artwork. Sylvester Stallone stars in the greatest boxing saga of all time and triumphs as one of the most inspirational characters in cinematic history. Witness every epic, action-packed fight and unforgettable moment as Rocky strives for greatness through sheer determination against impossible odds.

• Misfits - Series 3 | Blu Ray | (12/01/2012) from £13.98   |  Saving you £13.00 (108.42%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Misfits follows five outsiders on community service who get struck by a flash storm and lumbered with special powers.

• Alvin And The Chipmunks 1-3 | DVD | (25/01/2016) from £5.30   |  Saving you £14.69 (277.17%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Alvin, Simon and Theodore have plenty to sing about in three hilarious comedies for the whole family! In Alvin and the Chipmunks, when struggling songwriter Dave Seville (Jason Lee) opens his home to a trio of talented chipmunks, they become overnight sensations. Then in Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, the boys are back for an awesome encore and joined by the beautiful Chipettes. Finally, a rockin' vacation aboard a cruise liner turns into a nutty adventure in Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked! Chip-Tasic Bonus Disc includes: Alvin and the Chipmunks: Road Chip Down Memory Lane The Ultimate 'Munk Mash Up Chip-tastic Personality Test

• Carry On Sergeant | DVD | (27/08/2001) from £7.86   |  Saving you £6.13 (77.99%)   |  RRP £13.99

  The first of the Carry On movies, 1958's Sergeant is rather different from its successors, much more a film of its time (the latter days of National Service) and rather less a bawdy picture postcard. Sergeant Grimshaw (William Hartnell long before Doctor Who) is about to retire and hopes that he can get his last platoon into shape as Champion Platoon of its intake. Unfortunately, the new recruits include the clumsy Golightly (Charles Hawtrey), the barrack-room lawyer Bailey (Kenneth Williams) and the hypochondriac Horace Strong (Kenneth Connor). Love interest is provided by Bob Monkhouse and Shirley Eaton--newlyweds separated by the call-up and reunited by her taking a job in the canteen--and by the pursuit of Horace by Dora Bryan's Nora. The film relies heavily on a mixture of slapstick and paradoxical revelations of character complexity--the obnoxious Bailey nonetheless takes the trouble to coach the incorrigibly dense Herbert (Norman Rossington); the series' later obsession with low comedy only really emerges in the scenes between Horace and the medic Captain Clark (Hattie Jacques). The platoon's eventual coming together as other than total incompetents is predictable, but likable.On the DVD: The DVD has no frills whatever except for a widescreen picture and chapter selections; it has been cleaned up however so that we get a remarkably crisp mono picture and mono sound, which brings out the quality of the military-band score by Bruce Montgomery, who was also the writer Edmund Crispin. --Roz Kaveney

• Check Point | DVD | (19/06/2017) from £3.15   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A 'sleeper cell' Terrorist plot is discovered in a small town where every one knows one another, or so they thought they did. As justice seems lost when an insurgent attack threatens to escalate into a full-blown invasion of the US, a team of unlikely heroes must rise up to fight the enemy and protect their country.

• Carry On Cabby | DVD | (29/01/2007) from £11.99   |  Saving you £4.00 (33.36%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The seventh entry in the Carry On series and the first not to feature Kenneth Williams. Charlie (Sid James) owner of the Speedee Cabs company finds he has some serious competition when his wife Peggy (Hattie Jacques) sets up a rival firm consisting only of glamorous female drivers. Cabbies driven to distraction include Charles Hawtrey Kenneth Connor and Jim Dale (in his first Carry On appearance).

• The Alien Conspiracy - Grey Skies | DVD | (14/04/2003) from £3.30   |  Saving you £1.95 (95.59%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Two invading alien species known as the Greys and the Morphs battle for control of Earth with mankind caught in the crossfire.

• Norwegian Ninja | DVD | (18/04/2011) from £16.25   |  Saving you £-3.26 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In 1984 the charismatic Norwegian diplomat Arne Treholt (38) is arrested on charges of spying for the Soviet Union. He is ultimately sentenced to 20 years in prison. But Treholt was never a spy. He was a Ninja entrusted by King Olav himself to lead a secret force of enlightened shadow warriors called The Ninja Force! Norwegian Ninja takes place in the time leading up to Treholt's arrest. The Ninjas discover that Stay Behind a sinister NATO force created to battle the Soviet Union are planning a coup-d'tat in peacetime. The Ninjas must defeat the conspirators at all costs in order to keep Norway free. A love letter to 1980's Ninja movies Bond films conspiracies and special effects Norwegian Ninja is the radical feature film debut of writer/director Thomas Cappelen Malling.

• La Clemenza Di Tito - Mozart | DVD | (03/01/2006) from £4.99   |  Saving you £25.00 (501.00%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Commissioned for the coronation of Leopold II in Prague Mozart's last opera is a deep humane reflection on relationships power and forgiveness. With the composition of some of the most beautiful passages in his oeuvre Mozart has succeeded in giving this opera seria both a noble sobriety and transparent instrumentation to which this commanding production by the Hermann partnership does full justice on all levels. Susan Graham's most extraordinary Sesto and Christoph Pregardien's Superb Tito set the standard for this riveting Opera National de Paris Performance conducted by the outstanding Sylvain Cambreling.

• American - The Bill Hicks Story | Blu Ray | (27/09/2010) from £10.46   |  Saving you £14.53 (138.91%)   |  RRP £24.99

  At last, the true life story of the outlaw comic who tried to save the world...and still might!

• One Dark Night | DVD | (26/12/2017) from £10.35   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  American horror starring Adam West in which high school student Julie Wells (Meg Tilly) agrees to stay in a mausoleum overnight as part of an initiation process, in the hopes of getting accepted into an elitist group of friends called The Sisters. Julie is unaware that she is joined by two girls from the group, Carol (Robin Evans) and Kitty (Leslie Spights), who sneak back into the mausoleum after dropping Julie off in an attempt to frighten her by donning costumes and playing pranks on their hopeful member. The playful pranks soon come to an end, however, when an occultist is resurrected from the dead and begins to terrorise them, causing them to fight for their own survival.

• Three By Rambert | DVD | (01/07/2002) from £8.94   |  Saving you £12.31 (160.29%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Rambert Dance Company first made its name in the 1920s for its creative melding of tradition and innovation. That tenet has remained central to the company's ethos and Three by Rambert showcases its particular strengths to great effect in three highly contrasting ballets. Musically, we have three utterly different scores: Janacek’s searing Second String Quartet (subtitled "Intimate Letters", from which the ballet adapts its name), the moody, evocative songs of Bill Withers and, finally, a medley of folk songs from various climes. Though stylistically at odds, all three explore the twin themes of desire and loss. The other link is that, heard in isolation, none of these pieces seems remotely danceable. It’s a tribute both to the choreography (Robert North in the jazz ballet "Lonely Town" , the company's artistic director Christopher Bruce in the remaining two) and to the dancers themselves that the results are so stunningly effortless. Time and again, you’re struck not simply by the liquid perfection of both solo and ensemble work, but by the directness of the physical language, and the depth of emotions expressed. A brilliant showcase for one of the cultural treasures of our age. On the DVD: Three by Rambert has good sound and excellent picture, with the 16:9 format doing full justice to the different visuals encapsulated by the three ballets. The booklet is useful for basic information, though more analysis of the works would have been helpful for non-experts. Rather than 14 minutes of trailers for other titles, an introduction to the work of the company, and maybe to the ballets themselves, would have been more helpful and user-friendly.--Harriet Smith

• Alistair McGowan - The Best Of Alistair McGowan's Football Backchat | DVD | (26/11/2001) from £5.34   |  Saving you £10.65 (199.44%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Hilarious football dubbing with Alistair McGowan. It's the DVD that's got all the footballers talking. All the greatest moments from Football Backchat 1 & 2.

• 3 Classic Katherine Hepburn Films - The African Queen / On Golden Pond / Iron Petticoat | DVD | (20/10/2003) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-2.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The African Queen The boozing smoking cussing captain of a tramp steamer Charlie Allnut saves prim and proper Rose Sayer after her brother is killed by German soldiers at the beginning of World War I in Africa. Many quarrels later the two set sail on the Ulonga-Bora in order to sabotage a German ship. Based on the 1935 novel by C.S. Forester the wonderful combination of Hepburn and Bogie (who won an Oscar) makes this a thoroughly enjoyable blend of comedy and adventure. Later came the book (and Clint Eastwood film) White Hunter Black Heart which chronicled screenwriter Peter Viertel's experiences observing Huston throughout the making of the picture. On Golden Pond Family tensions explode for a loving couple Ethel and Norman Thayer (Katherine Hepburn and Henry Fonda in Academy Award winning performance) at their New England summer cabin on Golden Pond. Their daughter Chelsea (Jane Fonda) has come to visit with her new lover Bill (Dabney Coleman) and his tough young son Billy (Doug McKeon). The three generations collide. But what begins as a stubborn battle of wills between Norman and Billy slowly turns into a relationship that Chelsea always wanted with her father and Norman discovers how much he has missed by denying his daughter's love. Iron Petticoat A US Air Force captain forces down a Russian MIG only to be confronted by a Russian fighter ace. The Captain is tasked with converting her to capitalism.

• Festen | DVD | (10/11/2003) from £22.96   |  Saving you £0.02 (0.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A man celebrates his sixtieth birthday with friends relatives his wife and children but some unpleasant family truths are revealed...