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• Mysterious Island | DVD | (02/12/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Notable neither for its director nor its stars, Mysterious Island has been given the widescreen DVD treatment rather because of its special-effects man, the legendary Ray Harryhausen. And though his input here is minimal compared with other movies, his stop-motion contributions add zest to a cracking good yarn. A gang of American Civil War soldiers hijack a hot-air balloon and escape from the frying-pan of a military prison to the fire of a deserted tropical island. When a couple of English girls are washed ashore and a legendary nautical figure resurfaces, the scene is set for a ripping survival adventure, taking in weighty theories of political democracy, equality and cowardice, and still managing to add a healthy dollop of stirring music, dodgy accents, old-fashioned sexism, pirates, giant bees, a giant crab and a fearsome, err, giant chicken. Harryhausen's eighth feature contains all the elements that make his movies great, and the pacey script, based on the Jules Verne novel, has you gripped from the off. One of his more modern-feeling early films, the colour film stock, the exotic settings and wider stable of stars (black and English actors feature alongside a pre-Clouseau Herbert Lom) move it forward an era from his dated black-and-white schlock-fests. Gripping, erudite and easily on a par with the more well-known Sinbad and Argonauts movies, this is one to be marooned with. On the DVD: Mysterious Island's colour picture is bright, clean and crisp in this anamorphic 1.85:1 widescreen transfer, and the Dolby digital mono soundtrack is clear enough. The theatrical trailer will please the kitsch fans, as will the featurette "This Is Dynamation" produced at the same time as the first Sinbad movie. The real corker here though is the generously lengthy documentary "The Harryhausen Chronicles". Narrated by Leonard Nimoy, it features a stellar cast of devotees (George Lucas among them) waxing lyrical about the influence of Harryhausen's films, and allows the man himself to ramble fascinatingly over clips of his filmic canon. If you're a fan, it's Harryhausen heaven. --Paul Eisinger

• Adventurer: The Curse of The Midas Box | DVD | (27/10/2014) from £4.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (200.40%)   |  RRP £14.99

  With enchanting performances from the outstanding cast, including Michael Sheen (The Twilight Saga), Sam Neill (Jurassic Park), Lena Headey (TV s Game of Thrones) and Ioan Gruffud (Titanic) Adventurer will take you to a rollicking, rambunctious world of fantasy and fun! Discover ancient mysteries, powerful evil and a fearless hero s quest through a fantastical realm of steam-powered wonders in THE ADVENTURER: THE CURSE OF THE MIDAS BOX! Seventeen-year-old Mariah Mundi s life is turned upside down when his younger brother is kidnapped from the streets of Victorian London. Following a trail of clues to the darkly majestic Prince Regent Hotel, Mariah discovers a hidden realm of child-stealing monsters, sinister strangers, deadly secrets and a long-lost artifact that grants limitless wealth but also devastating supernatural power. With the fate of his world, and his family at stake, Mariah will risk everything to unravel the Curse of the Midas Box!

• The Contract | DVD | (10/09/2007) from £6.19   |  Saving you £9.80 (158.32%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A father, who wants to redeem himself in the eyes of his son, tries to bring a world-class assassin to justice.

• Bionic Ever After | DVD | (27/09/2010) from £7.55   |  Saving you £5.44 (72.05%)   |  RRP £12.99

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• Fifty Dead Men Walking | DVD | (14/06/2010) from £4.71   |  Saving you £1.28 (27.18%)   |  RRP £5.99

  With his city a conflict-strewn gangland charismatic chancer Martin is arrested and recruited by the Special Branch. Sensing his whip smart street-wise attitude as an asset his handlers coerce him into performing the most terrifying assignment imaginable: to infiltrate a splinter group as a double agent. Earning a formidable reputation as a dependable foot soldier Martin reluctantly rises in the ranks all the while risking his life feeding information to his handlers. Though his skills result in countless lives being spared his existence begins to spiral out of control as his superiors' suspicians are aroused. As the possible discovery of his deception closes in on every side he must fight for everything he believes in and sacrifice everyone he loves before capture and certain death becomes a chilling reality.

• Highlander: The Source | DVD | (07/01/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The world is falling into chaos. As he roams a crumbling city Duncan MacLeod the Highlander remembers happier times before the love of his life left... Hopeless and alone MacLeod finds his way to a band of immortal companions including his mysterious friend Methos and a mortal Watcher Joe Dawson. Together this small group sets out on a quest to find the origin of the first Immortal and The Source of their immortality.

• Rurouni Kenshin | DVD | (17/02/2014) from £16.79   |  Saving you £-0.80 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Nearly 140 years ago in the last days of the Shoguns there was a man known as 'Battosai the Killer ' feared as the most powerful assassin. He was faster than a god stronger than a demon and had a leading spirit of the Meiji Restoration. In a flash he downs any number of opponents. Once he pulled out his sword nobody survived against him. As the war ended and the new Meiji era came Battosai vanished from the world. The only thing that remained was his legend. 10 years later a man appeared in a world still in disarray. His name is Kenshin Himura a wanderer who saves people with a back-blade sword that cannot kill. This is Battosai the Killer who has taken a pledge never to kill again. In order to bring peace to the world so that his loved ones can live safely. Now Kenshin's battle begins!

• The Gunfighter | Blu Ray | (19/10/2020) from £13.47   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Disenchanted gunslinger Jimmy Ringo (Gregory Peck) is heading towards a reunion with his son, and, he hopes, a new life free of bloodshed. However, before he can reach his destination, he is confronted by a local hot-head who forces him into a shoot-out. The brothers of the young assailant vow to gain their revenge after Ringo guns him down in self-defence. Extras/Episodes: High Definition Transfer Interview with Film Expert Courtney Joyner Arthur Miller: Painter with Light featurette The Western Grows Up featurette Posters & Images from Around the World Original Theatrical Trailer

• The Man | DVD | (23/01/2006) from £4.90   |  Saving you £15.09 (307.96%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Samuel L. Jackson and Eugene Levy team up for this new fish out of water comedy.

• True Romance | Blu Ray | (18/10/2021) from £24.69   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  STEALING. CHEATING. KILLING. WHO SAYS ROMANCE IS DEAD? In 1993, action movie supremo Tony Scott teamed up with a hot new screenwriter named Quentin Tarantino to bring True Romance to the screen, one of the most beloved and widely-quoted films of the decade. Elvis-worshipping comic book store employee Clarence Worley (Christian Slater) is minding his own business at a Sonny Chiba triple bill when Alabama Whitman (Patricia Arquette) walks into his life and from then on, the two are inseparable. Within 24 hours, they're married and on the run after Clarence is forced to kill Alabama's possessive, psychopathic pimp. Driving a Cadillac across the country from Detroit to Hollywood, the newlyweds plan to sell off a suitcase full of stolen drugs to fund a new life for themselves... but little do they suspect that the cops and the Mafia are closing in on them. Will they escape and make their dream of a happy ending come true? Breathtaking action set pieces and unforgettably snappy dialogue combine with a murderers' row of sensational performances from a stunning ensemble cast in Scott and Tarantino's blood-soaked, bullet-riddled valentine, finally restored in dazzling 4K with hours of brilliant bonus features.

• Double Impact | DVD | (21/08/2000) from £17.01   |  Saving you £-4.02 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Chad (Van Damme) a charming smooth karate instructor from Los Angeles is mysteriously urged to fly to China by the man who raised him like a son Frank Avery. There he meets Alex (Van Damme) a streetwise gun-slinging smuggler raised on the back streets of Hong Kong. Chad and Alex discover that they are in fact twin brothers separated when their parents were brutally murdered twenty-five years ago. In a violently explosive showdown the twins seek their revenge...

• Dillinger | Blu Ray | (03/01/2022) from £16.39   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The runaway success of Bonnie and Clyde in 1967 proved massively influential: it made stars of Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty, introduced a new form of violence to the movies, and inspired a stream of imitators, including Bloody Mama, Martin Scorsese's Boxcar Bertha and the directorial debut of John Milius, Dillinger. Milius presents John Dillinger as an almost mythical figure, tracing the rise and fall of the depression era's Public Enemy Number One as he takes on the banks and the G-men, led by the infamous Melvin Purvis. Starring Sam Peckinpah favourites Warren Oates and Ben Johnson as Dillinger and Purvis, and with a supporting cast including Harry Dean Stanton, Richard Dreyfuss and Michelle Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas, Dillinger is a top-drawer gangster picture: explosive, stylish and hugely entertaining. Special Features 2K restoration of the film from original film materials High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation Original uncompressed PCM mono audio Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Audio commentary by Stephen Prince, author of Savage Cinema and Screening Violence Shooting Dillinger, an interview with director of photography Jules Brenner Original Gangster, an interview with producer Lawrence Gordon Ballads and Bullets, an interview with composer Barry De Vorzon Still gallery Theatrical trailer Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sean Phillips

• Kill Bill: Volume 2 (4K UHD Bluray Steelbook) | Blu Ray | (31/03/2025) from £41.45   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  With this thrilling, must-see movie event, writer and director Quentin Tarantino completes the action-packed quest for revenge begun by The Bride (Uma Thurman) in Kill Bill Volume 1! Having already crossed two names from her Death List, The Bride is back with a vengeance and taking aim at Budd (Michael Madsen) and Elle Driver (Daryl Hannah), the only survivors from the squad of assassins who betrayed her four years earlier. It's all leading up to the ultimate confrontation with Bill (David Carradine), The Bride's former master and the man who ordered her execution! As the acclaimed follow-up to the instant classic Vol. 1, you know all about the unlimited action and humour, but until you've seen Kill Bill Vol. 2, you only know half the story!

• Winter In Wartime | DVD | (31/05/2010) from £9.98   |  Saving you £10.00 (125.16%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A young man, Michiel, defiant in his hatred for the Nazis, inadvertently receives a map detailing the hiding place of a crashed RAF pilot and sets off to prove his worth.

• The Commuter | Blu Ray | (21/05/2018) from £20.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Liam Neeson (Taken) and Jaume Collet-Serra (The Shallows) team up again after RUN ALL NIGHT and NON-STOP for an exhilarating race-against-time thrill ride with explosive twists around every bend. Insurance salesman Michael (Neeson) is on his daily commute home when he is contacted by a mysterious stranger (Vera Farmiga, The Conjuring, The Departed), and forced to uncover the identity of a hidden passenger on his train before the last stop. As he works against the clock to solve the puzzle, he realises a deadly plan is unfolding and is unwittingly caught up in a criminal conspiracy. One that carries life and death stakes, for himself and his fellow passengers.

• Brannigan | Blu Ray | (21/08/2023) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The Duke is in London, and London will never be the same! Veteran Chicago detective Jim Brannigan (John Wayne, The Searchers) is dispatched to London to bring back notorious gangster Ben Larkin (John Vernon, Dirty Harry), and is assured that the whole operation will run smoothly However, things don't go to plan and Brannigan soon finds himself in the crosshairs of Larkin's thugs. Reluctantly teaming up with by-the-book Commander Swann of Scotland Yard (Richard Attenborough, The Great Escape), Brannigan tears through London leaving behind a trail of destruction whilst determined to re-capture Larkin. Featuring great panoramic views of London shot by cinematographer Gerry Fisher (The Go-Between, Highlander) and with a supporting cast that includes Judy Geeson and Mel Ferrer, Brannigan proved an action-packed vehicle for John Wayne, capitalising on the success of Dirty Harry a few years earlier.

• The Silver Fleet | DVD | (27/04/2015) from £9.98   |  Saving you £5.00 (62.58%)   |  RRP £12.99

  During the occupation of World War II, the owner of a Dutch shipping port is ordered to attend an interview with the head of the Gestapo. His yard has almost completed two submarines and the Nazis are anxious to have them finished and fully operational. They offer to reinstate him if he agrees, which he does. But what the Nazis do not know is that he is planning to double cross them and take the ships to England, if he can. Starring Ralph Richardson, Googie Withers and Esmond Knight.

• Tomorrowland | Blu Ray | (05/10/2015) from £6.86   |  Saving you £16.13 (235.13%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Bound by a shared destiny a teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor embark on a mission to unearth the secrets of a place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory.

• Kick-Ass 2 | DVD | (09/12/2013) from £4.96   |  Saving you £15.03 (303.02%)   |  RRP £19.99

  After Kick-Ass's (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) insane bravery inspires a new wave of self-made masked crusaders led by the badass Colonel Stars and Stripes (Jim Carrey) our hero joins them on patrol. When these amateur superheroes are hunted down by Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) - reborn as The MotherF!?ker - only the blade-wielding Hit Girl (Chloe Grace Moretz) can prevent their annihilation!

• Umbrella Academy Season 1 | Blu Ray | (02/08/2021) from £14.19   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  On the same day in 1989, forty-three infants are inexplicably born to random, unconnected women who showed no signs of pregnancy the day before. Seven are adopted by a billionaire who creates The Umbrella Academy and prepares his children to save the world. Now, the six surviving members reunite upon the news of their father's passing and must work together to solve a mystery surrounding his death. But the estranged family begins to come apart due to their divergent personalities and abilities, not to mention the imminent threat of a global apocalypse. The Umbrella Academy is based on the comic book series created and written by Gerard Way, illustrated by Gabriel Bá, and published by Dark Horse Comics. Special Features: Includes Art Cards and Poster