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• Nightfall | Blu Ray | (03/06/2019) from £12.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  During his long and varied career, Jacques Tourneur (The Comedy of Terrors, Cat People) tackled a breadth of genres on both sides of the Atlantic. With 1956 s Nightfall, he returns to the noir trappings he tackled so successfully with Out of the Past for a tale of deception, intrigue and paranoia. Adapted from the novel by prolific crime fiction author James Goodis (Dark Passage), Nightfall is the story of Jim Vanning (Aldo Ray, The Violent Ones; The Naked and the Dead), an innocent man wrongly accused of murder. On the same night he has a chance encounter in a bar with glamorous model Marie (Anne Bancroft, The Graduate), the hoods he s spent the past year running from catch up with him, determined to recover the money they believe he stole from them. Pursued by both the hoods and law enforcement, Vanning and Marie go on the lam, leading to a desperate chase that takes them from the streets of Los Angeles to the snowy peaks of Wyoming. Eschewing both the big names associated with the genre and its familiar urban locales, and featuring striking monochromatic photography by Oscar-winner Burnett Guffey (From Here to Eternity), Nightfall is a gripping and inventive late-period noir which shows that, even in its twilight years, the genre still had room for innovation. Special Contents: High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation, restored from original film elements Original lossless mono soundtrack Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing New audio commentary by author and critic Bryan Reesman White and Black, a new video appreciation of Nightfall by film historian Philip Kemp Do I Look Like a Married Man?, a new video essay on the themes of Nightfall by author and critic Kat Ellinger Theatrical trailer Image gallery Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Jennifer Dionisio FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Amy Simmons

• Jesus Of Nazareth | DVD | (27/03/2000) from £12.81   |  Saving you £7.18 (56.05%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Originally made for TV in 1977, this in-depth version of Jesus' life is so thorough that the first hour is devoted solely to the story of his birth. The film doesn't skimp on some of the other landmark events of this famous story either. Director Franco Zeffirelli gives ample screen time each to the Last Supper and the Crucifixion. Passages of the Bible are quoted verbatim, the locations have a Palestine-like authenticity, and, aside from some of the principals (Robert Powell as Jesus, Olivia Hussey as Mary, and Stacy Keach as Barabbas), many of the non-Roman characters are actually played by Semitic-looking actors. Zeffirelli diligently provides the socio-political background that gave rise to Jesus' following and the crisis in belief it caused for the people of Israel (and one or two Romans). --Kimberly Heinrichs, Amazon.com

• Home for the Holidays | DVD | (01/10/2012) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Director Jodie Foster dishes up a heaping helping of holiday hilarity (NBC-TV) with this laugh-out-loud comedy from screenwriter W.D. Richter about family food and finding acceptance with the people you love. Home for the Holidays is a wickedly funny film that's so true it hurts (Entertainment Today)! In a span of 36 hours Claudia Larson (Holly Hunter) has managed to lose her job make out with her boss and learn that her daughter (Claire Danes) is planning to go all the way. But Claudia's fortunes actually take a turn for the worse when she flies home to endure an even more grueling trial: the family Thanksgiving! Beset by a neurotic mother (Anne Bancroft) kooky father (Charles Durning) eccentric brother (Robert Downey Jr.) and compulsively normal sister (Cynthia Stevenson) Claudia struggles to maintain her calm. But as sparks fly tempers flare and turkeys go airborne Claudia manages to recapture the zaniness of her childhood and discover that the most important things in life are the memories she shares with family and for that she can only be thankful!

• Thunderbolt (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (24/07/2023) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  George Bancroft (Angels with Dirty Faces) and Fay Wray (King Kong) star in the first sound film from legendary director Josef von Sternberg (Shanghai Express), made just prior to his celebrated series of collaborations with Marlene Dietrich. Murderer 'Thunderbolt' Jim Lang (Bancroft) is arrested and imprisoned with the help of his former moll, Ritzie (Wray). Whilst on death row in Sing Sing, Jim enacts his revenge by framing Ritzie's lover, Bob (Richard Arlen), for a crime he didn't commit. With a screenplay from Herman J Mankiewicz (Citizen Kane) and Joseph L Mankiewicz (Suddenly, Last Summer), adapted from a story by Jules Furthman (Blonde Venus), Thunderbolt is a classic pre-Code crime thriller. Product Features High Definition remaster Original mono audio The Guardian Interview with Fay Wray (1990): archival audio recording of the famed actor in conversation at the National Film Theatre, London Tony Rayns on Thunderbolt (2023): extensive discussion of von Sternberg's classic by the writer and film programmer Video essay on the film by film historian Tag Gallagher (2023) Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Pamela Hutchinson, archival articles, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and full film credits UK premiere on Blu-ray Limited edition of 3,000 copies for the UK All extras subject to change

• Heartbreakers | DVD | (11/02/2002) from £6.15   |  Saving you £9.10 (186.09%)   |  RRP £13.99

  In this comedy, Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt play Max and Page, a mother and daughter who operate as con artists, using their good looks to lure a succession of rich men.

• How To Make An American Quilt | DVD | (15/01/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Berkeley graduate student Finn (Winona Ryder) is spending the summer at the home of her sparring grandmother and great aunt (Oscar-winners Ellen Burstyn & Anne Bancroft). Their house is a quiet haven where Finn intends to finish her latest thesis and think over a marriage proposal. But when she meets sexy smoldering Leon things begin to get complicated. As she wrestles with her decision the women in her grandmother's quilting bee confide to her the stories of the loves that shaped

• To Be Or Not To Be | DVD | (26/12/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  An elegant comedic story of a Polish acting troupe who help in their small way to resist the Nazi occupation. When it is discovered that a Polish hero residing in Britain is actually a German agent a Polish RAF officer is deployed to stop him. Upon arriving in Poland the RAF officer together with the already forewarned actors concoct a convoluted charade designed to collect the information from the spy kill him and pass on the false information to the Gestapo.

• Amazing True Stories - 5 Disc Box Set | DVD | (06/10/2014) from £9.98   |  Saving you £9.00 (128.76%)   |  RRP £15.99

  5 disc box set from the True Stories label featuring: Rivals Scattered Dreams Deep In My Heart The People Next Door Our Guys

• Silent Movie | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The film Silent Movie is director Mel Brooks's comic tribute to the golden days of the silent screen. A movie within a movie 'Silent Movie' stars Brooks as Mel Funn a filmmaker who has seen better days for one thing he's just come out of a bout with the bottle. When his best friends (Marty Feldman and Dom DeLuise) rescue him from despair and convince him to make another attempt at moviemaking Mel comes up with an idea a silent picture. Alas this is the 1970s and in

• The Graduate | Blu Ray | (13/01/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Mike Nichols directs this 1960s comedy drama starring Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft and Katharine Ross. After graduating from college, Ben Braddock (Hoffman) returns to his wealthy parents' South Californian home unsure of what he wants to do next. Feeling pressurised to get on with his life, the young Braddock escapes into an aimless affair with Mrs Robinson (Bancroft), an older, married woman and friend of the family. The pair meet regularly, with neither expecting anything serious from the...

• Heartbreakers | DVD | (16/07/2007) from £5.75   |  Saving you £0.24 (4.17%)   |  RRP £5.99

  In this comedy, Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt play Max and Page, a mother and daughter who operate as con artists, using their good looks to lure a succession of rich men.

• Mr Jones | DVD | (08/03/2004) from £6.73   |  Saving you £-0.74 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Richard Gere is pretty convincing as a severe manic-depressive whose episodes of euphoria sometimes find him dancing on a two-by-four far above the street or climbing onstage during a symphony performance to "conduct" the orchestra. When the pendulum swings the other way, he is practically catatonic. As a character study, this film by Mike Figgis (Leaving Las Vegas) has its truly compelling moments, but Mr. Jones isn't just a character study. Inexplicably, the film ushers in a preposterous romance between this poor fellow and his psychiatrist (Lena Olin). Delroy Lindo has a nice part as a sympathetic construction worker who tries to help Gere's character. --Tom Keogh

• G.I. Jane | DVD | (01/02/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Screen megastar Demi Moore is in top form in this action-packed hit! Moore stars as gutsy Lieutenant O'Neil the first woman ever given the opportunity to earn a place in the armed forces' most highly skilled combat unit - the elite Navy Seals! But the already brutal rigors of training camp turn into an unimaginable test of courage and determination once it becomes clear that no one - powerful politicians top military brass or her male Navy SEAL teammates - wants her to succeed! A critically acclaimed triumph directed by action hitmaker Ridley Scott you'll cheer for G.I. Jane as this brave soldier proves she belongs among the best of the best!

• The Assassin | Blu Ray | (11/05/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Hollywood remake of Luc Besson's French thriller 'Nikita'. Young punk Maggie (Bridget Fonda) kills a cop in a bodged robbery but instead of being sent to the chair is reinvented as a ruthless assassin tutored by her government agent mentor Bob (Gabriel Byrne). Released into the community she finds love with her Californian apartment's caretaker (Dermot Mulroney) but her professional obligations increasingly threaten to destroy her happiness. Harvey Keitel makes a cameo appearance as a ruthlessly efficient 'cleaner' not dissimilar to the one he plays in 'Pulp Fiction'.

• Critical Care | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £12.98   |  Saving you £-6.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Werner Ernst is an overworked intern who only wants what is best for his elderly comatose patient--until he falls for the ailing man's beautiful daughter Felicia. The seductive Felicia has ten million reasons to let her father ""die with dignity "" while her deeply religious sister has her own motives for keeping him alive. Caught between passion and duty Werner descends into a moral mine field where the physician's god-like powers of life and death depend on knowing right from wrong-

• The Quiet Man/Rooster Cogburn/Stagecoach | DVD | (02/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Quiet Man: John Ford's The Quiet Man celebrates one of Hollywood's most romantic and enduring epics. The first American feature to be filmed in Ireland's picturesque countryside Ford richly imbued this masterpiece with his love of Ireland and its people. Sean Thornton is an American who swears off boxing after accidentally killing an opponent. Returning to the Irish town of his birth he finds happiness when he falls in love with the fiery Mary Kate. Though he is sorely tempted to pick up the gloves against her brother the town bully Sean is determined not to use his fists. Mary Kate and Sean wed but her brother refuses to pay the dowry. Sean would rather walk away than accept this challenge. Even when his new wife accuses him of cowardice Sean stands firm. But when she boards a train to leave he is finally ready to take matters into his own hands. The resulting fist-fight erupts into the longest brawl ever filmed followed by one of the most memorable reconciliation's in motion picture history! (Dir. John Ford 1952) Stage Coach: One of the all time classic Westerns - considered by many to be the movie that propelled John Wayne to stardom back in 1939. The film is set against the impressive backdrop of Monument Valley in Utah and tells the story of a mixed group of travellers who are making their way across country to Arizona. They are endangered by an Indian War Party and this along with their various characters results in difficulties for the party... (Dir. John Ford 1939) Rooster Cogburn: Two of the most popular stars in screen history are brought together for the first time in the follow up to True Grit. The film returns John Wayne to the role of the rapscallion eye patched whiskey guzzling Deputy Marshall that won him an Academy Award. Katharine Hepburn is prim Eula Goodnight a Bible thumping missionary who teams up with the gun fighter to avenge the death of her father. While in pursuit of the outlaws a warm rapport develops between the rough n' tumble lawman and the flirty reverend's daughter. (Dir. Stuart Miller 1975)

• Murdered By My Boyfriend | DVD | (21/09/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This is the true story of what happened to a bubbly and pretty teenage girl when she fell in love with the wrong man. Ashley (Played by Georgina Campbell) was a popular and outgoing 19-year-old when she first met Reece at a party. He was charming handsome and six years older than her. What Ashley didn't know was that Reece was also insecure and inadequate a bully with a history of violence who would seek to dominate all aspects of her life. This gripping drama tells the story of how a young woman with intelligence and confidence can be dominated by threats violence and psychological abuse to become a victim of domestic abuse. In the end Ashley was the ultimate victim. In 2010 and after only a few short years together she was kicked and beaten to death by her boyfriend Reece at their home whilst their baby daughter was in the next room. Receiving critical acclaim since airing on the BBC this compelling drama has also won a BAFTA Award for Best Leading Actress in 2015 and a Royal Television Award for Best Single Drama in 2014

• Wayne And Ford - The Collection | DVD | (15/11/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £59.99

  A collection of films celebrating the outstanding iconic collaboration of actor John Wayne and director John Ford. Films comprise: 1. Stagecoach (1939) 2. The Long Voyage Home (1940) 3. Fort Apache (1948) 4. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) 5. Rio Grande (1951) 6. The Quiet Man (1952)

• The Roman Spring Of Mrs Stone | DVD | (02/02/2009) from £5.54   |  Saving you £7.45 (134.48%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Based on Tennessee Williams' only novel and set amongst the picturesque grandeur of post-war Rome The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone is a steamy tale of romantic obsession starring Helen Mirren and Olivier Martinez. Fading Broadway star Karen Stone (Mirren) finds herself at life's crossroads when her adoring rich husband passes away while the couple are en route to Italy. Taking an apartment in Rome she seeks solace by embarking on a series of meaningless flings with a procession of

• For The Love Of Nancy | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £25.00   |  Saving you £-19.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The trus story of a family who suddenly realise that their young daughter is dying from anorexia. They must risk their relationship and their daughter's love in order to try to save her life...