Cheap DVDs

The Usual Suspects (Blu-Ray) £7.22

The Usual Suspects tells the story of a small-time con man who is the subject of a police interrogation. He tells his interrogator a convoluted story about events leading to a massacre and massive fire that have just taken place on a ship – using flashback and narration, his story becomes increasingly complex as he tries to explain why he and his partners-in-crime where on the boat.

Although there are absolutely no special features to speak of, the film has never looked or sounded as good as it does in high definition. Still would have been nice to get some of the stuff from the Special Edition DVD though…

CD-WOW are selling The Usual Suspects, on Blu-Ray, for £7.22 – click here for more details on this cheap DVDs' availability.

Kath and Kim: The Complete First and Second Series £8.99

Australia was never really the first place that would come to mind when thinking of places where decent comedy comes from, but in recent years this has been very much the case – Summer Heights High and Kath an Kim are just two examples of such shows.

The Kath and Kim: The Complete First and Second Series boxset contains the first 16 episodes of the programme about a dysfunctional mother and daughter. Sadly there's no sign of any extra features, but you can't have everything I suppose!

Click here to buy this set for £8.99 from HMV.

Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest – Special Edition £7.95

Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest is the hour-long premiere of the sixth season of Family Guy, and is a retelling and parody of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope – with all of the cast members playing different characters from the Star Wars universe.

The Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest – Special Edition set contains a copy of the DVD, 3D classes for an additional two minute fight scene, a "Blue Harvest" t-shirt, trading cards, and a 12-page booklet filled with script excerpts, photos and drawings.

Play.com have this available for £7.95 – for more information, click here.

The Simpsons: The Complete Eighth Season – Collector’s Edition £9.95

It's often said that The Simpsons has gone down in quality over the years, but the fact that it's now into its 21st season surely means something – even if there are less stand-out episodes, it's still easily one of the funniest shows on television.

Anyway, The Simpsons: The Complete Eighth Season – Collector's Edition set contains all 25 installments from one of the best years ever. Also included are audio commentaries on every episode, "The Simpsons House" featurette, deleted scenes, and some promotional clips.

Click here to get this for £9.95 from Play.com.

One Tree Hill: The Complete Sixth Season £17.99

Although it's still regarded as a teen drama series One Tree Hill has been on our screens four about seven years now, making them more like young adults than teenagers (the cast has basically stayed the same, you see). Anyway, for a time this was overshadowed by The O.C. – only this is still running whilst The O.C. was canned a couple of years ago, which says a lot really.

Inside the One Tree Hill: The Complete Sixth Season you'll find the last 24 episodes that were aired in this country. Also included are audio commentaries on selected installments, some short featurettes on the making of the show, and a handful of deleted scenes.

Click here to buy this set of cheap DVDs for £17.99 from HMV.

The Sopranos: The Complete Collection £54.98

The Sopranos is an American drama series, set in New Jersey, which revolves around mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting of his home life and the criminal organisation that he heads.

The Sopranos: The Complete Collection contains all six seasons across a whopping 28 discs, along with hours of bonus material. This includes multiple audio commentaries, documentaries and deleted scenes.

To get this set for £54.98 from Amazon, click here.

The Royle Family Album: Bumper Edition £9.99

The Royle Family is a popular BBC comedy/drama series that follows the lives of a family from Manchester. Noted for its simple production and realistic portrayal of working class family life, this has become a firm favourite across the country – with yet another return again at Christmas this year.

Inside The Royle Family Album: Bumper Edition boxset you'll find every episode released on DVD up to this point, including "The Queen Of Sheba" and "The New Sofa" extended specials.

HMV have this available for £9.99 – for more information, click here.

Play.com Mega Monday Sale

In a bold move, there's a Play.com Mega Monday sale running for one day only with huge reductions to be found.

I say bold, what I really mean is unsurprising – everyone seems to be doing it now!

DVD

Gavin and Stacey: Series Three £7.95
The Simpsons: The Complete Ninth Season – Collector's Edition £9.95
Stargate Atlantis: The Complete Series £59.95
The West Wing: The Complete Series £39.95

Blu-Ray

Coraline (Blu-Ray) £9.95
Fighting (Blu-Ray) £7.95
The Mummy Trilogy (Blu-Ray) £17.95

UPDATE: Not quite as much included this week, but nearly everything is worth getting – the third series of Gavin and Stacey at £7.95 in particular looks great.

This Is Spinal Tap: Up To 11 Edition – Limited Marshall Amp (Blu-Ray) £44.99

If there's ever a film that needs little or no introduction, it's This Is Spinal Tap. Considered by many to be not only one of the best comedies of all time, but the best mockumentary ever made as well, its satirical look at the madness of rock bands is as relevant today as it was 25 years ago.

The This Is Spinal Tap: Up To 11 Edition – Limited Marshall Amp set, on Blu-Ray, is ever so slightly different from the other high definition release. This comes with the soundtrack CD, plus there's a fully working Marshall amp included as well (hence the name).

Click here to get this for £44.99 from Play.com.

Rise of the Footsoldier (Blu-Ray) £4.47

Based on the true story of the Rettendon murders and the biography of Carlton Leach, a former football hooligan, Rise of the Footsoldier is a very powerful and hard-hitting British gangster film – sadly there's no sign of Danny Dyer in it though, which will come as a disappointment to his millions of fans…

The picture and sound quality of this high definition release are as good as you'd expect, plus you also get all of the bonus material from the double disc DVD version. This includes and audio commentary, a "making of" featurette, deleted scenes and an interview with the real Carlton Leach.

Click here to buy Rise of the Footsoldier, on Blu-Ray, for £4.47 from Tesco. Certainly one of those cheap DVDs that will go down well with fans of the genre, or even those of us who like to see decent homegrown movies.