Cheap DVDs

Casino Royale: Deluxe Edition (Blu-Ray) £8

The 21st James Bond film signalled the beginning of the Daniel Craig era as Bond. Casino Royale also turned out to be one of the best in the entire series – which was somewhat shocking to those who criticised the decision to give Craig the role.

The Casino Royale: Deluxe Edition, on Blu-Ray, has identical picture and sound quality to the original release – however, this one is packed to the rafters with extra features (of which there are far too many to even begin to list here).

Click here to get this for £8 from Blockbuster.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (Blu-Ray) £9.99

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is a computer-animated film based on the children's novel of the same name. It follows hapless inventor Flint Lockwood as he actually makes something which works – the problem being that his food replicator turns bad and threatens to destroy the world…

This high definition release of the movie looks and sounds fantastic, plus it comes with the DVD version as well. Also included are hours of bonus material, such as an audio commentary with the directors, deleted scenes, and featurettes looking at the making of the film.

ShopTo are selling Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, on Blu-Ray, for £9.99 – click here for more details. Certainly one of those cheap DVDs that will keep kids and adults alike entertained.

Amazon DVD and Blu-Ray Sale

There's an Amazon DVD and Blu-Ray sale on just now, with a fair few different titles included at more than reasonable prices – with more to appear in the future, I expect.

DVD

Arrested Development: The Complete Three Seasons £34.99
Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Series – Limited Edition £52.97
Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Series – Ultimate Edition £95.99
Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Complete Series One to Six £32.97
Doctor Who: Dalek War £16.97
Doctor Who: The Key to Time £28.47
Grand Designs: Series Four £4.97
Homicide: Life on the Street – The Complete First Series £5
Homicide: Life on the Street – The Complete Fourth Series £14.97
Homicide: Life on the Street – The Complete Fifth Series £14.97
Homicide: Life on the Street – The Complete Sixth Series £17.97
Inspector Morse: The Complete Case Files £39.95
Mad Men: Seasons One and Two £17.99
Quantum Leap: The Ultimate Collection £54.24
The Shield: Deluxe Edition £49.95
Six Feet Under: The Complete Collector's Edition £54.99
Stargate SG-1: The Complete Series Plus The Ark of Truth and Continuum £84.97
Still Game: The Complete Series One to Six (Plus Christmas and Hogmanay Specials) £21.97
ThunderCats: The Complete Season Two £14.99
The Ultimate Ronnie Barker Collection £29.98

Blu-Ray

Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Series (Blu-Ray) £101.85
Dirty Harry Collection (Blu-Ray) £25.97
Mission: Impossible – Ultimate Missions Collection (Blu-Ray) £14.98
The Mummy Trilogy (Blu-Ray) £17.99
Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy (Blu-Ray) £24.99
The Prisoner: The Complete Series (Blu-Ray) £33.37
Shigurui: Death Frenzy (Blu-Ray) £6.49
Star Trek: The Original Series – Season One (Blu-Ray) £45.98
Starship Troopers Trilogy (Blu-Ray) £24.99
Tin Man (Blu-Ray) £6.49

UPDATE: Another update today, with the Dirty Harry Blu-Ray boxset at £25.97 and the Doctor Who: The Key to Time set for £28.47 both looking very reasonable.

The Marvel Heroes Boxset £6.85

Comic book fans have been spoiled in recent years, with some astoundingly good films being made starring their favourite characters. With yet more on the way, this is one genre that will only go from strength to strength in the future – especially when another Batman movie comes along!

The Marvel Heroes Boxset contains six films that are well worth seeing. Daredevil, Elektra, Fantastic Four, X-Men, X2, and X-Men: The Last Stand vary in quality, but most are pretty darn good.

Click here to buy this set for £6.85 from The Hut.

Hornblower: The Complete Collection £9.99

While it's more common to see some terrible new reality show or equally bad drama, there was a time when ITV produced some high quality programming – with Hornblower being perhaps one of the last such examples, I'm sorry to say.

Inside the Hornblower: The Complete Collection boxset you'll find all eight of the feature-length episodes based on the C.S. Forrester novels. Sadly there are no extra features included, which is a tad annoying when you consider that the U.S. version has loads!

To get this for £9.99 from HMV, click here.

Harry Potter: Years One to Six (Blu-Ray) £34.99

Harry Potter is not only one of those characters which has managed to capture the hearts and minds of both children and adults alike, but has also managed to survive the often difficult transition from page to screen relatively intact (though I'm sure some fans would disagree).

The Harry Potter: Years One to Six (Blu-Ray) boxset contains all of the films released in high definition thus far – the even better news is that every single one of the extras from the Special Edition DVDs have been included as well.

Click here to buy this for £34.99 from Play.com.

Homicide: Life on the Street – The Complete Second Series £5

Although this is labelled as Homicide: Life on the Street – The Complete Second Series, it's worth pointing out that this contains all 20 episodes from the THIRD season. Publishers Freemantle failed to mention that Homicide: Life on the Street – The Complete First Series is actually the first two seasons (no idea how and or why this happened).

Anyway, the U.S. police drama is still very good to this day – even though it first appeared in 1993. The fact that it's based on a book by the guy behind The Wire should really tell you all you need to know…

Play.com have this set available for £5 – for more information, click here.

Man on Fire: Collector’s Edition £2.93

Man on Fire sees Denzel Washington playing the role of a soldier of fortune who has pretty much given up on life, until a child he reluctantly agrees to protect, after a spate of kidnappings, is abducted – bringing his fiery rage to a head…

The Man on Fire: Collector's Edition set comes with hours of bonus material, some of which is actually pretty good. On the first disc is an audio commentary with director Tony Scott, plus some deleted scenes and a "making of" featurette – the second holds the extensive "Vengeance is Mine" documentary, a music video and some storyboards.

Click here to get this for only £2.93 from Asda.

George Michael: Live in London £6.99

As part of his Live 25 tour, George Michael performed for two nights in London's Earl Courts arena on the 24th and 25th of August 2008 – both of which are available as part of the George Michael: Live in London double disc DVD set.

The first disc contains 23 of his greatest hits, whilst the second holds the "I'd Know Him a Mile Off!" feature-length documentary and three bonus tracks.

If you fancy this, click here to buy it for £6.99 from CD-WOW.

Zavvi Mega Monday DVD Sale

The Zavvi Mega Monday DVD sale is apparently now going to become a weekly event, which can only be good news for those of us who love a bargain or two – even if it is only for 24 hours (ish!) at a time.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince £6.95
Most Haunted: Series Eleven £12.95
Scrubs: Series One to Seven Collector's Pack £47.95

UPDATE: Not much this week, but the latest Harry Potter film for £6.95 is well worth picking up.