Cheap DVDs

March 17th, 2009

Alias: Complete Series One To Five £44.99

Alias: Complete Series One To Five

J.J. Abrams has gone on to much bigger and better things with Lost and such films as Mission: Impossible III and Cloverfield, but Alias is where he first caught everyone’s attention – excellent writing and very good effects made it unmissable television.

The Alias: Complete Series One To Five boxset contains all 105 episodes ever made, along with countless hours of bonus material. Audio commentaries and featurettes are just scratching the surface of what’s inside.

If you fancy this set, click here to buy it for £44.99 from HMV.

March 17th, 2009

Bruce Almighty £2.99

Cheap DVDs like Bruce Almighty are much funnier than you might expect

Bruce Almighty follows Bruce Nolan, a down-on-his-luck TV reporter who seeks a promotion and a better life overall. After a series of bad incidents, Nolan complain that God can’t do His job properly – cue God himself appearing and granting his powers for a week to see if he can do any better.

Director Tom Shadyac provides an audio commentary on the DVD, and there’s also a featurette on the making of the film. Some outtakes and a total of 15 deleted scenes round off the special features that are included.

Click here to get this for just £2.99 from HMV.

March 17th, 2009

Tom And Jerry Classic Collection: Volumes One To Six £15.99

Tom And Jerry Classic Collection: Volumes One To Six

Fans of classic animation will no doubt either already own the Tom And Jerry Classic Collection: Volumes One To Six boxset, or plan to in the future – the price it’s at now makes it practically impossible not to buy, in my opinion anyway.

For your money you get six discs that are full of almost every single Tom And Jerry short made, which run for a total time of just under 18 hours!

HMV are selling this set of cheap DVDs for £15.99 - click here for more details.

March 16th, 2009

Every Which Way But Loose And Any Which Way You Can Double Pack £5

Every Which Way But Loose And Any Which Way You Can Double Pack

Clint Eastwood is definitely more familiar for his roles in spaghetti westerns and the Dirty Harry series, so it was quite shocking to see him appear in a couple of comedy films with an orangutan called Clyde. It’s obviously not done any harm to his career though, as he’s still knocking out some top quality work to this day.

The Every Which Way But Loose and Any Which Way You Can double pack contains these two movies, although there’s sadly no extra features – shame, as it would be nice to hear old Clint’s opinions on working with a monkey!

Click here to buy this set for £5 from Play.com.

March 16th, 2009

Sugar Rush: Series One & Two £11.99

Sugar Rush: Series One & Two

Sugar Rush is a British comedy drama series based on the Julie Burchill novel of the same name. It centres around Kim Daniels, who is a 15 year old lesbian struggling to cope with the stresses of teenage life.

The Sugar Rush: Series One & Two boxset contains all 20 episodes ever made. It should be noted that some of the background music has been changed on this for copyright reasons (as is the case with many Channel 4 DVDs).

To get this for £11.99 from HMV, click here.

March 16th, 2009

Seabiscuit £2.99

Seabiscuit

Seabiscuit is a film based on the best-selling book Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand. It recounts the life and racing career of Seabiscuit, an undersized and overlooked thoroughbred race horse whose unexpected successes made him hugely popular in the U.S. towards the end of the Great Depression.

The DVD comes with an audio commentary by director Gary Ross, along with two featurettes on the making of the movie and an actual race from 1938.

HMV have this available for only £2.99 – for more information, click here.

March 15th, 2009

Corpse Bride £2.99

Corpse Bride

Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride is a stop-motion animation film loosely based on a 19th century Russian-Jewish folktale version of an older Jewish story, and is set in a Victorian-era village. Johnny Depp leads an all-star cast as the voice of Victor, whilst Helena Bonham Carter voices the title character, Emily.

With the DVD comes a range of different featurettes, each of which look at a different area in the process of making the movie – from the music, all the way up to the finished product.

If you fancy this, click here to buy it for just £2.99 from HMV.

March 14th, 2009

Braveheart £2.99

Braveheart

Braveheart is a historical action/drama film about the legendary Scot, William Wallace, who gained recognition when he came to the forefront of the First War of Scottish Independence by opposing Edward I of England and subsequently abetted by Edward’s daughter-in-law Princess Isabelle and a claimant to the Scottish throne, Robert the Bruce.

Included on the DVD are a feature-length audio commentary by Mel Gibson, and a documentary looking at the making of the movie.

To get this for only £2.99 from HMV, simply click here.

March 14th, 2009

The Big Dinosaur Box £11.99

The Big Dinosaur Box

Whilst the effects used in the initial run of "Walking With…" documentaries looked good at the time, it has to be said that they look a little tired. This is probably down to the fact that every bleeding programme seems to use CGI now – I’m just waiting for the first computer-generated EastEnders character to appear.

The Big Dinosaur Box contains four interesting shows on the deadliest of animals, who thankfully no longer exist (until Jurassic Park becomes a reality anyway!). These are Walking With Dinosaurs, Walking With Dinosaurs: The Ballad Of Big Al, and the two Chased By Dinosaurs specials – Land Of Giants and The Giant Claw.

Click here to buy this for £11.99 from HMV.

March 14th, 2009

Dexter: Season Two £12.49

Dexter: Season Two

Dexter is a dark comedy/drama series that centres on Dexter Morgan, a serial killer governed by an ambiguous moral code, who works for the Miami Metro Police Department as a blood splatter analyst.

All 12 episodes from the second year can be found in the Dexter: Season Two boxset, along with a fair few extra features. This is an Australian release, but will work perfectly well on your PAL DVD player (plus it means you get to see them without any annoying ad breaks, FX and ITV1!).

CD-WOW have this available for £12.49 – for more information, click here.