"Actor: Al Ferrara"

• Morbius | DVD | (27/06/2022) from £3.00   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  One of the most compelling and conflicted characters in Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Characters comes to the big screen as Oscar® winner Jared Leto transforms into the enigmatic antihero Michael Morbius. Dangerously ill with a rare blood disorder and determined to save others suffering his same fate, Dr. Morbius attempts a desperate gamble. While at first it seems to be a radical success, a darkness inside him is unleashed. Will good override evil or will Morbius succumb to his mysterious new urges?

• The Holy Mountain | Blu Ray | (02/08/2021) from £12.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The scandal of the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, The Holy Mountain is a sprawling phantasmagoria of sacrilegious visual excess and existential yearning. Jodorowsky's most ambitious film sees the director himself play The Alchemist, a guru who guides a troupe of pilgrims, each representing a planet of the Solar System, on a magical quest to Lotus Island where they must ascend the Holy Mountain in search of spiritual enlightenment. The Holy Mountain is presented here newly restored in 4K with a selection of informative new interviews and extras which provide unprecedented insight into this momentous film. Special Features: New 4K restoration from the original 35mm camera negative approved by Alejandro Jodorowsky High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation Uncompressed mono 1.0 LPCM audio and 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio Newly translated English, Spanish and French subtitles Audio commentary by Alejandro Jodorowsky Jodorowsky Remembers The Holy Mountain, a new interview filmed in Paris Newly filmed introduction with Richard Peña, Professor of Film Studies at Columbia University Pablo Leder: Jodorowsky's Right Hand Man, Jodorowsky's personal assistant remembers acting in El Topo and The Holy Mountain and his time spent with the director The A to Z of The Holy Mountain, a new video essay by writer Ben Cobb Deleted scenes with director's commentary The Tarot, a short film in which Jodorowsky explains the secrets of the cards Original trailer Image galleries

• The Party | DVD | (27/09/2004) from £11.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (100.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Though this film is a relatively minor one in the massive canon of Peter Sellers, it has moments of absolute hilarity. Written and directed by Blake Edwards, one of Sellers' most fertile collaborators, the film stars Sellers as a would-be actor from India (let them try to get away with that today) who is a walking disaster area. After ruining a day's shooting as an extra on a film, he finds himself unintentionally invited to a big Hollywood party. That's pretty much it as far as plot goes, but Edwards and Sellers know how to milk a simple idea for an unending string of slapstick gags. The result is a film that is episodic and sketchy but also frequently loony in an inspired way. --Marshall Fine

• Think Like a Man | DVD | (15/10/2012) from £5.35   |  Saving you £14.64 (273.64%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The balance of power in four couples' relationships is upset when the women start using the advice of a popular book to get more of what they want from their men. When the men realise that the women have gotten a hold of their relationship playbook, they decide that the best defence is a good offense and come up with a plan to use this information to their advantage. Let The Battle of the Sexes begin!

• Tosca - Puccini | DVD | (09/05/2005) from £16.05   |  Saving you £0.94 (5.86%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Opera is an inherently theatrical medium that does not lend itself readily to the realism of film treatment. The shining exception is Puccini's Tosca, an action-packed melodrama that unfolds in three taut and gripping acts, like the meatiest of Hollywood films noir. And unlike most operas, these three acts are set in three very specific Roman locales. Thus this 1976 film takes place in the church of Sant'Andrea della Valle (Act 1), the Palazzo Farnese (Act 2) and the Castel Sant'Angelo (Act 3). The evocative settings, however, would be mere window-dressing if the cast wasn't just right; fortunately here Placido Domingo is at his virile peak in the heroic tenor role of Cavaradossi; Raina Kabaivanska is a sultry, vocally beautiful Tosca; while a more infamous and domineering Scarpia than that of Sherrill Milnes can hardly be imagined. Bruno Bartoletti and the New Philharmonia Orchestra give lustily dramatic support. Here the music and vocals are pre-recorded and the singers mime to the playback. Occasionally the result is a little unnatural, but overall the cast are good enough actors to bring off the conceit even in the close-ups. It all pays off triumphantly with the gripping realism of the rooftop finale, the one place where film can improve on stage. With the authenticity of the settings assured and such distinguished leads singing so well, this is an almost ideal filmed Tosca. On the DVD: Tosca on disc is presented in 4:3 ratio with a choice of Dolby 5.1 or LPCM Stereo. The picture is adequate but a little flat (possibly because the format is NTSC not PAL) and the same can be said for the sound, which does what it should but is never revelatory. Subtitles are provided in the main European languages and Chinese. --Mark Walker

• Brooklyn Rules | DVD | (11/08/2008) from £5.38   |  Saving you £10.61 (197.21%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Brooklyn, 1985. With the mob world as a backdrop, three life-long friends struggle with questions of love, loss and loyalty.

• Mansion Of The Doomed | Blu Ray | (11/03/2022) from £17.33   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• And Now Ladies And Gentlemen | DVD | (28/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Claude Lelouche (A Man And A Woman) continues to examine the more surreal and often dream-like aspects of love in his latest film And Now Ladies And Gentlemen. Starring Jeremy Irons as a jewel thief who falls in love with a jazz singer after arriving in Morocco in an attempt to evade the police the story blurs reality and fantasy and is set against the exotic and mysterious backdrop of North Africa. The dream-like quality of the film lends an engaging and sensuous atmosphere and Ir

• Mansion Of The Doomed | DVD | (14/04/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  An eccentric world-renowned eye surgeon Dr. Chaney has been experimenting with the possibility of transplanting eyes from one human to another. His work is now an obsession: he blames himself for the car accident that left his daughter blind and in a series of gruesome operations attempts to restore her sight. One night his daughter's fianc'' Dan visits and with the help of his assistant they drag him into unconsciousness remove both his eyes and transplant them to his daughter. Her sight is restored but only for a short time. Chaney will not give up and a series of futile operations on more unsuspecting people adds more demented blind prisoners in the dungeon below the mansion...

• Puccini: Tosca -- 1976 film version | DVD | (15/10/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Opera is an inherently theatrical medium that does not lend itself readily to the realism of film treatment. The shining exception is Puccini's Tosca, an action-packed melodrama that unfolds in three taut and gripping acts, like the meatiest of Hollywood films noir. And unlike most operas, these three acts are set in three very specific Roman locales. Thus this 1976 film takes place in the church of Sant'Andrea della Valle (Act 1), the Palazzo Farnese (Act 2) and the Castel Sant'Angelo (Act 3). The evocative settings, however, would be mere window-dressing if the cast wasn't just right; fortunately here Placido Domingo is at his virile peak in the heroic tenor role of Cavaradossi; Raina Kabaivanska is a sultry, vocally beautiful Tosca; while a more infamous and domineering Scarpia than that of Sherrill Milnes can hardly be imagined. Bruno Bartoletti and the New Philharmonia Orchestra give lustily dramatic support. Here the music and vocals are pre-recorded and the singers mime to the playback. Occasionally the result is a little unnatural, but overall the cast are good enough actors to bring off the conceit even in the close-ups. It all pays off triumphantly with the gripping realism of the rooftop finale, the one place where film can improve on stage. With the authenticity of the settings assured and such distinguished leads singing so well, this is an almost ideal filmed Tosca. On the DVD: Tosca on disc is presented in 4:3 ratio with a choice of Dolby 5.1 or LPCM Stereo. The picture is adequate but a little flat (possibly because the format is NTSC not PAL) and the same can be said for the sound, which does what it should but is never revelatory. Subtitles are provided in the main European languages and Chinese. --Mark Walker

• The Blackout | DVD | (10/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Have you ever consumed so much alcohol and drugs that you forgot what you did last night? Hollywood superstar Matty (Matthew Modine) does it all the time. He's got everything - fame money gorgeous women fast cars and even faster friends. But when Matty's strung out there's nothing he wouldn't do for kicks... even commit murder! Assisting Matty on his modern descent into hell are nightclub owner Micky (Dennis Hopper) girlfriend Annie (Beatrice Dalle) and starring in her first feature film role Supermodel Claudia Schiffer as his lover Susan. Let maverick director Abel Ferrara plunge your senses into the compulsive world of excess.