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• The Jean-Pierre Melville Collection | DVD | (02/03/2009) from £48.83   |  Saving you £-3.84 (N/A%)   |  RRP £44.99

  Jean-Pierre Melville (1917 - 1974) is one of the most revered French film directors of all time. Born in Paris he was to become a member of the French Resistance in the Second World War an experience which he drew on as a film director creating underworlds of secrecy and deception. The reluctant godfather of the French New Wave Melville''s highly individual style was influenced by the ideas of existentialism and surrealism but arguably his greatest debt was to the American film noirs of 1930s and '40s Hollywood the traditions of which he wove with inimitable style into his quintessentially French films seeing him hailed by many as the father of the French gangster movie. This set contains six of his finest films from his early bittersweet masterpiece Bob Le Flambeur to his final film Un Flic his wonderfully fatalistic study of loss and deception; a fitting epitaph to one of contemporary cinema''s most exceptional careers. Titles Comprise: Army of Shadows (1969): Regarded as one of the best films ever made about wartime France. Members of the French resistance fight for freedom in the face of constant danger. Extras: Ginette Vincendeau Commentary / Le Journal de la Resistance - a 33 minute documentary / Melville short film Le Doulos (1962): An unforgettable story of trust betrayal and honour. A criminal just free from jail goes in search of revenge. Extras: Selected Scene Commentary / Ginette Vincendeau Introduction / Interview with Assistant Director Volker Schlondorff / Original Trailer Leon Morin Pretre (1961): Unforgettable drama set in occupied France. A beautiful but disillusioned woman becomes friends with a priest but her feelings for him soon deepen dangerously. Extras: Selected Scene Commentary / Ginette Vincendeau Introduction / Interview with Assistant Director Volker Schl''ndorff / Original Trailer Le Cercle Rouge (1970): A suave jewel thief teams up with a fugitive and a reckless ex-cop to carry out an elaborate heist. Extras: Ginette Vincendeau Commentary and Introduction / Interview with Assistant Director Bernard Stora / Original Trailer Bob Le Flambeur (1956): An early foray into the gangster genre Melville's self-confessed 'love letter to Paris' follows the world-weary eponymous hero Bob a down on his luck gambler embarking on his final crime. Extras: Introduction by Melville expert Ginette Vincendeau. Un Flic (1972): A Parisian police commissioner and the leader of a gang of criminals in love with the same woman clash when a daring bank robbery takes place.

• Convoy | DVD | (11/09/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Based on the country song by C.W. McCall Convoy is a feel-good action movie from the legendary Sam Peckinpah. A group of independent-minded truckers take to the roads in a massive stand against the corrupt authorities. Led by 'Rubber Duck' (Kris Kristofferson) the rogue drivers keep in touch by CB radio in their efforts to stay one step ahead of the cops...

• L'Appartement | DVD | (12/02/2007) from £9.85   |  Saving you £8.14 (82.64%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Max the romantic protagonist is planning a marriage investigating a murder chasing after a lost love and getting bizarrely hooked up with a mystery girl. Switching between time women chic cafes and beautiful Parisian apartments Mimouni's film makes the most of its deliriously romantic setting whilst effortlessly unravelling an intricate and unpredictable plot which playfully ties its lovelorn characters up in knots as it races along to a heady conclusion.

• The Agatha Christie Collection | DVD | (25/09/2006) from £70.36   |  Saving you £-30.37 (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Murder On The Orient Express: The first of several lavish Christie adaptations from producers John Brabourne and Richard Goodwin introducing Albert Finney as the first screen Hercule Poirot. This 1974 production of Agatha Christie's 1934 classic is a judicious mixture of mystery murder and nostalgia. Which member of the all-star cast onboard the luxurious train perforated the no-good American tycoon with a dagger twelve times? Was it Ingrid Bergman's shy Swedish missionary; or Vanessa Redgrave's English rose; Sean Connery as an Indian Army Colonel: Michael York or Jacqueline Bisset; perhaps Lauren Bacall; Anthony Perkins or John Gielgud as the victim's impassive butler. Finney spreads unease among them with subdued wit and finesse. Arguably the most successful screen adaptation of a Christie novel in addition to Bergman's Oscar for Best Supporting Actress 'Murder On The Orient Express' achieved nominations for Best Actor Screenplay Photography Costume Design and Music Score. (Dir. Sidney Lumet 1974) Death On The Nile: Peter Ustinov makes his debut as Agatha Christie's brilliant Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in this lavish and star-studded follow-up to Murder On The Orient Express:. As Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board and every elegant passenger becomes a prime suspect. Can Poirot identify the killer and motive before the ship of clues reaches the end of its murderous journey? Bette Davis David Niven Angela Lansbury Maggie Smith Mia Farrow George Kennedy Olivia Hussey Simon MacCorkindale Jane Birkin Jack Warden and Lois Chiles co-star in this sumptuous Oscar-winning classic adapted by Anthony Shaffer (Sleuth) and filmed on location throughout exotic Egypt. (Dir. John Guillermin 1978) The Mirror Crack'd: Mirror mirror on the wall who is the murderer among them all? The year is 1953. The small English village of St. Mary Mead home to Miss Jane Marple is delighted when a big American movie company arrives to make a movie telling of the relationship between Jane Grey and Elisabeth I starring the famous actresses Marina Rudd and Lola Brewster. Marina arrives with her husband Jason and when she discovers that Lola is going to be in the movie with her she hits the roof as Lola and Marina loathe each other on sight. Marina has been getting death threats and at a party at the manor house Heather Babcock after boring Marina with a long story drinks a cocktail made for Marina and dies from poisoning. Everybody believes that Marina is the target but the police officer investigating the case Inspector Craddock isn't sure so he asks Miss Marple his aunt to investigate... (Dir. Guy Hamilton 1980) Evil Under The Sun: Evil is everywhere. Even in paradise... Hercule Poirot is called in to investigate a case for an insurance company regarding firstly a dead woman's body found on a moor and then a important diamond sent to the company to be insured turns out to be a fake. Poirot discovers that the diamond was bought for Arlena Marshall by Sir Horace Blatt and Arlena is on her honeymoon with her husband and step-daughter on a tropical island hotel. He joins them on the island and finds that everybody else starts to hate Arlena for different reasons - refusing to do a stage show stopping a book and for having an open affair with Patrick Redfern another guest in full view of his shy wife. So it's only a matter of time before Arlena turns up dead strangled and Poirot must find out who it is.... (Dir. Guy Hamilton 1982)

• Birthday Girl | DVD | (18/11/2002) from £5.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• La Haine | Blu Ray | (17/08/2009) from £38.98   |  Saving you £-22.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Inspired by cinematic classics including Mean Streets Do the Right Thing and The Battle of Algiers Mathieu Kassovitz's LA HAINE is arguably the most incendiary provocative and prescient fi lm to emerge from the '90s. Starkly shot in black and white to show a Paris not on any tourist map the fi lm deals with France's intolerance towards outsiders following Vinz (Vincent Cassel Irreversible Ocean's 12) Hubert (the magnifi cent Hubert Kound'') and Sa''d (Sa''d Taghmaoui Hideous Kinky Three Kings) three young men trapped in the Parisian economic ethnic and social underclass. Sensationally premiered at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival LA HAINE saw Kassovitz rewarded with the Best Director prize and subsequently went on to win three C''sars (including Best Film). Marked by its unapologetic brutality and v''rit'' style LA HAINE acted as a compelling wake up call to Europe.

• Read My Lips | DVD | (10/03/2003) from £8.44   |  Saving you £11.55 (136.85%)   |  RRP £19.99

  She is almost deaf and she lip-reads. He is an ex-convict. She wants to help him. He thinks no one can help except himself.

• Discreet Charm of Bourgeoisie | Blu Ray | (16/07/2012) from £19.98   |  Saving you £0.01 (0.05%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A surreal, virtually plotless series of dreams centered around six middle-class people and their consistently interrupted attempts to have a meal together.

• Murder On The Orient Express | DVD | (23/10/2017) from £7.42   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Just the name "Orient Express" conjures up images of a bygone era. Add an all-star cast (including Sean Connery, Ingrid Bergman, Jacqueline Bisset and Lauren Bacall, to name a few) and Agatha Christie's delicious plot and how can you go wrong? Particularly if you add in Albert Finney as Christie's delightfully pernickety sleuth, Hercule Poirot. Someone has knocked off nasty Richard Widmark on this train trip and, to Poirot's puzzlement, everyone seems to have a motive--just the set-up for a terrific whodunit. Though it seems like an ensemble film, director Sidney Lumet gives each of his stars their own solo and each makes the most of it. Bergman went so far as to win an Oscar for her role. But the real scene-stealer is the ever-reliable Finney as the eccentric detective who never misses a trick. --Marshall Fine

• Crimson Rivers | DVD | (04/07/2011) from £20.08   |  Saving you £-14.09 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The same day 300km apart two policemen are given two very distinct cases. Pierre Niemans (Reno) is a man of experience who has an infallible instinct in criminal affairs but hides painful fears. He travels to Guernon a university town in the Alps where a violent murder has taken place. Max Kerkerian (Cassel) young sharp and a loner is a former car thief who entered the police force through a love of danger. He is investigating a desecrated graveyard and in particular the grave of a child who disappeared twenty years before. The two investigations soon crash head on and the murder count begins to grow. The truth will outdo all theories taking the two policemen to high altitudes caught between icy heights and deaths door.

• Its Only The End Of The World | DVD | (24/04/2017) from £8.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Prodigious talent Xavier Dolan comes of age with his dazzling sixth film, It's Only the End of the World, based on the play of the same name by Jean-Luc Lagarce and featuring an all-star cast of top French actors. After 12 years of estrangement a writer (Gaspard Ulliel) returns to his hometown, planning on announcing his impending death to his family. However, his mother (Nathalie Baye), tempestuous siblings (Vincent Cassel and Léa Seydoux) and beleaguered sister-in-law (Marion Cotillard) have their own personal grievances to air. As buried resentments threaten to surface and fits and feuds begin to unfold, all attempts at empathy are sabotaged by the family's inability to listen and love. Winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes 2016, It's Only the End of the World is a bold and stylistically daring melodrama performed with thunderous emotion. Taut, tense and packed with explosive performances shot in claustrophobic close-up, it further confirms Dolan as one of the most singular talents in world cinema.

• Baxter | DVD | (01/09/2014) from £6.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (42.92%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A strong cast features in actor-director Lionel Jeffries' emotional drama about a young boy facing the combined challenge of his parents' disintegrating marriage relocation to London and an ongoing attempt to overcome his speech problem. Sympathetic moving but never sentimental Baxter! features a remarkable performance from young actor Scott Jacoby supported by Patricia Neal Jean-Pierre Cassel and Britt Ekland. Baxter! is presented in a brand-new digital transfer in its original theatrical aspect ratio from original film elements. The product of a broken home and an enforced move to another country Roger Baxter is an American schoolboy adrift in London. Now living with his selfish uncaring mother in an unfamiliar city it is only the kindness of his neighbours that begins to show Roger the love that has been absent from his life. With his personal situation driving him headlong towards a nervous breakdown however is it too little too late? SPECIAL FEATURES [] Original Theatrical Trailer [] Image Gallery [] Promotional Material PDF

• Shrek | Blu Ray | (31/10/2011) from £17.53   |  Saving you £0.46 (2.62%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Set in a strange, colourful land populated by fairy tale characters, Shrek is a hilarious comedy that will win over audiences of children and adults alike. Shrek (voiced by Mike Myers) is a fearsome green ogre living in isolation in his own cosy little swamp. He is not receptive to visitors, and fends off the occasional party of torch-wielding villagers with ease. But when the power-hungry Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow) turns Shrek's swamp into a relocation camp for dozens of banished fairy-tale characters (including some pesky dwarves, wolves, and fairies) Shrek's quiet, introverted life is ruined. Joined by the talkative Donkey (Eddie Murphy), Shrek makes his way to Farquaad's realm of Duloc, where the Lord promises to make Shrek an offer: He will rid Shrek's land of the unwanted visitors if Shrek will go on a simple quest to free Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz) from her remote, dragon-guarded castle and convince her to marry Farquaad. On their quest, Shrek and Donkey run into a number of bizarre situations, and Shrek finds himself realising that he isn't quite the fearsome monster he has always made himself out to be. Reinventing the traditional fairy tale adventure, Shrek features gorgeous computer animation, a unique sense of humour, and compelling characters - especially Murphy's lovable Donkey.

• Army of Shadows | Blu Ray | (08/04/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Jean-Pierre Melville's masterpiece completes his triptych about the German Occupation of France and the Resistance after Le Silence de la mer and Leon Morin, pretre. Now I have said everything about the war he told the newspaper Paris-Presse. Atmospheric and gripping, Army of Shadows is Melville's most personal film, featuring Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, and the incomparable Simone Signoret as intrepid underground fighters who must grapple with their own brand of honour in their battle against Hitler's regime. Special Features: Army of Shadows - The Hidden Side of the Story Documentary Booklet on the Movie Written by Professor and Film Critic Ginette Vincendeau

• Birthday Girl | DVD | (12/05/2008) from £4.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (220.44%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Nadia is the mail-order bride of sweet but dull bank clerk John, and although she's as beautiful as he hoped she's hardly the ideal non-smoking, English speaking wife he hoped for...

• Faces (The John Cassavetes Collection) (DVD & Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (23/04/2012) from £17.98   |  Saving you £2.01 (11.18%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Dual Format Edition containing the DVD and world premiere Blu-ray release of John Cassavetes' astonishingly powerful 1968 feature, Faces, a film which has had a huge and lasting impact on independent filmmaking, evident in the work of Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee and Jim Jarmusch to name only a few. Set in suburban middle-class America of the 1960s, Faces portrays the disintegration of a marriage with an honesty rarely matched in cinema. Originally released when Cassavetes was a big name Hollywood acting star (The Dirty Dozen, Rosemary's Baby) Faces was nominted for 3 Oscars - an unheard-of achievement for an independent film at the time.

• L'Enfer | DVD | (07/07/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Paul and Nelly have what appears to be the perfect life; happily married a wonderful son and a successful business in their idyllic lakeside hotel. For Paul it all seems too perfect and he begins to suspect his wife of having an affair. Tormented by nightmares and visions his paranoia soon threatens Nelly as his jealousy descends into madness...

• Shrek Trilogy | DVD | (01/09/2014) from £10.98   |  Saving you £19.01 (173.13%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Shrek: Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow) is searching for a wife. Because of a complicated situation he needs a mate so he can qualify as king of the land. The 3-foot-tall despot has already banished all the fairy tale characters from his land resulting in a diaspora of familiar bedtime figures. Shrek (Mike Myers) and the obnoxious Donkey (Eddie Murphy) factor in when Farquaad concludes that he needs dragon-slaying assistance. The woman he wants is the beautiful Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz) who's imprisoned in a castle by said dragon. To cut a deal to keep his house the antisocial Shrek accepts the mission except he falls in love with the princess he's been ordered to find! Shrek 2: Princess Fiona's parents invite their daughter and her new husband Shrek to her homeland of Far Far Away in order to celebrate their marriage. However there's more than meets the eye in this fairytale kingdom and Shrek & Fiona are about to stumble into some rather awkward social situations! Featuring an all-star cast providing the voices and a whole host of classic new characters in the enchanting Shrek story this is one animated film for all the family that you'll want to watch again and again! Shrek 3: When Fiona's dad dies Shrek is supposed to take the crown however Shrek doesn't want the responsibility. So Shrek Fiona Donkey and Puss look for a new King. And so far King Arthur is the best they have.

• Pret-a-Porter | DVD | (13/02/2001) from £14.94   |  Saving you £0.05 (0.33%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Robert Altman's much-anticipated broadside at the world of fashion, Pret A Porter is a disappointment. The film's crazy-quilt Nashville-like narrative structure and ensemble casting (Julia Roberts, Tim Robbins, Lauren Bacall, Marcello Mastroianni, Sophia Loren) are a thing to behold, but the story's many interlocking pieces lack overall depth and resonating emotion. There is a grand, satiric statement about fashion and society at the end of the film, and there are hints of an aging, nostalgic filmmaker's scepticism about our post-modern world of short-lived attachments and meanings. But watching this film is a long, long uphill climb, with a lot of thin air to endure before arriving at a destination. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• Read My Lips | DVD | (06/09/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  She is almost deaf and she lip-reads. He is an ex-convict. She wants to help him. He thinks no one can help except himself.