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• Watermelon Man (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (25/05/2020) from £17.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A bigoted, white salesman (played by stand-up comedian Godfrey Cambridge) wakes up one morning to find he has become black. Although it has been somewhat overshadowed by Melvin Van Peebles' next film, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, Watermelon Man has never felt more relevant than it does today. Extras High Definition presentation Introduction by Melvin Van Peebles (2004) The Guardian Interview with Melvin Van Peebles (1996): archival audio recording of the filmmaker and actor in conversation with broadcaster Darcus Howe at London's National Film Theatre Racquel Gates on ˜Watermelon Man' (2020): appreciation by the academic and author of Double Negative: The Black Image and Popular Culture Image gallery: on-set and promotional photography New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Sergio Mims, a 1970 profile of director Melvin Van Peebles, archival interviews with Van Peebles, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits World premiere on Blu-ray Limited edition of 3,000 copies Extras subject to change

• The World At War - Vol. 5 | DVD | (09/10/2000) from £4.90   |  Saving you £20.09 (410.00%)   |  RRP £24.99

  When this epic series was first broadcast in 1973 it redefined the gold standard for television documentary; it remains the benchmark by which all factual programming must judge itself. Originally shown as 26 one-hour programmes, The World at War set out to tell the story of the Second World War through the testimony of key participants. The result is a unique and unrepeatable event, since many of the eyewitnesses captured on film did not have long left to live. Each hour-long programme is carefully structured to focus on a key theme or campaign, from the rise of Nazi Germany to Hitler's downfall and the onset of the Cold War. There are no academic "talking heads" here to spell out an official version of history; the narration, delivered with wonderful gravitas by Sir Laurence Olivier, is kept to a minimum. The show's great coup was to allow the participants to speak for themselves. Painstaking research in the archives of the Imperial War Museum also unearthed a vast quantity of newsreel footage, including on occasion the cameraman's original raw rushes which present an unvarnished and never-before-seen picture of important events. Carl Davis' portentous main title theme and score underlines the grand scale of the enterprise. The original 26 episodes were supplemented three years later by six special programmes (narrated by Eric Porter), bringing the total running-time to a truly epic 32 hours. Now digitally remastered The World at War looks even more of an impressive achievement on DVD. Available in five volumes, each handsomely packaged double-disc set comes with a detailed menu that places the individual programmes along a chronological timeline. Better yet, chapter access is laid out to allow you to select key speeches or maps or newsreel footage. The World at War was a landmark television event; its DVD incarnation underlines its importance as an historical document. --Mark Walker

• Guardian Angel | DVD | (22/05/2000) from £11.72   |  Saving you £-5.73 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Cynthia McKay is Lawton Hobbs' personal bodyguard. Hobbs is being threatened by Nina Lindell a seductress who had earlier killed McKay's lover.

• Elvis on tour | Blu Ray | (24/08/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Goalie's Anxiety At The Penalty Kick (DVD) | DVD | (28/05/2018) from £8.85   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  After being sent off for committing a foul during an away game, goalkeeper Josef Bloch (Arthur Brauss) wanders aimlessly through the unfamiliar town, spends the night with the box-office attendant of a movie theatre and commits a murder. But instead of turning himself in or fleeing, Bloch goes to his ex-girlfriend s place in the country and passively waits for the police to come and arrest him. As Wenders himself has stated, the visual idiom of Hitchcock s films provided the model for his debut film. He adheres minutely to the thoroughly cinematic source, a novella by Peter Handke. With his cameraman Robby Müller, and his editor Peter Przygodda - both of whom had already worked with him on his film thesis at the HFF (Munich University of Television and Film) - in THE GOALIE S ANXIETY AT THE PENALTY KICK Wenders set forth a collaboration that would weld this team together for years. WINNER - FIPRESCI PRIZE, Venice Film Festival 1972 SPECIAL FEATURES: NEW RESTORED 4K DIGITAL TRANSFER commissioned by the Wim Wenders Foundation and supervised by director Wim Wenders; Introduction by Wim Wenders; Restoring Time documentary

• L.A. Takedown | DVD | (22/05/2000) from £29.99   |  Saving you £-24.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  As cop and criminal two ruthless professionals have the same outlook and code. L.A. Takedown directed by Michael Mann is a complex and gripping thriller about Vincent Hanna an obsessive cop tailing a callous and clinical armed robber Patrick McLaren. They first meet across a crowded cafe and after a heist goes wrong Hanna and McLaren confront each other in a full scale battle on the streets of Los Angeles.

• Fanny And Alexander | DVD | (25/02/2002) from £24.97   |  Saving you £0.02 (0.08%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Fanny and Alexander is one of the more upbeat and accessible films from Ingmar Bergman. This autobiographical story follows the lives of two children during one tumultuous year. After the death of the children's beloved father, a local theatre owner, their mother marries a strict clergyman. Their new life is cold and ascetic, especially when compared to the unfettered and impassioned life they knew with their father. Most of the story is seen through the eyes of the little boy and is often told in dreamlike sequences. Colourful, insightful, and optimistic, this is far less grim than most of Bergman's work. It was awarded four of the six Oscars for which it was nominated in 1984, including Best Foreign Language Film. Though this was announced as his last film, Bergman continued to work into the late 1990s, though mostly for Swedish television.--Rochelle O'Gorman, Amazon.com

• Mozart - Die Zauberflote | Blu Ray | (03/03/2008) from £34.55   |  Saving you £-4.56 (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Recorded Live At Covent Garden In 2003 Bonus Material/Features: Illustrated Synopsis & Cast Gallery. BBC Feature Looks Behind The Scenes At This Production. Conductor Sir Colin Davis Talks About Die Zauberfl''te.

• Mothering Sunday | Blu Ray | (31/01/2022) from £11.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  On a warm spring day in 1924, house maid and foundling Jane Fairchild (Odessa Young) finds herself alone on Mother's Day. Her employers, Mr and Mrs Niven (Colin Firth and Olivia Colman), are out and she has the rare chance to spend an afternoon of abandon with her secret lover, Paul (Josh O'Connor), the boy from the manor house nearby who is Jane's long-term love despite the fact that he's engaged to be married to another woman, a childhood friend and daughter of his parents' friends. But events that neither can foresee will change the course of Jane's life forever.

• Masters Of Sex - Season 2 | DVD | (01/06/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Stylish smart and provocative drama series set in the 1950s chronicling the relationship of Dr William Masters and Virginia Johnson the couple who gave birth to the sexual revolution.

• The 1000 Plane Raid | DVD | (27/10/2014) from £7.79   |  Saving you £5.20 (66.75%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Steeple Bassington England 1943. The United States Army Air Force's 8th Air Force 103rd Heavy Bombardment Group is mired in moral-lowering night-time bombing missions that are simultaneously dangerous and relatively ineffective against the German war-making machine. Commanding Officer Colonel Greg Brandon has repeatedly made requests to his superior General Palmer for consideration of an ambitious bombing plan: one thousand planes flown over Germany...in broad daylight. Now Supreme Allied Command is ready to listen and George must make his case―particularly to disapproving General Conway - for such a risky plan; a plan that could render the Army Air Force powerless should losses exceed Colonel Brandon's predictions. Hard-ass by-the-book Colonel Brandon gets the nod and he begins to re-build the sloppy 103rd trying to weed out the incompetents and cowards like Lieutenant Archer while pushing too hard against the rest. Colonel Brandon's growing doubt about the feasibility of his own plan isn't soothed by increasing tension between himself and lover WAC Lieutenant Gabrielle Ames and with the cheeky insubordination of banished RAF fighter pilot Wing Commander Trafton Taffy Howard.

• Toy Story & Toy Story 2 - Double Pack | DVD | (26/03/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Toy Story John Lasseter's Toy Story poses the universal and magical question of what do toys do when they are not being played with? Cowboy Woody (voiced by Tom Hanks), Andy's favourite bedroom toy, tries to calm the other toys during a wrenching time of year--the birthday party, when newer toys may replace them. Sure enough, Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) is the new toy that takes over the throne. Buzz has a crucial flaw, though--he believes he is the real Buzz Lightyear, not a toy. Bright and cheerful, Toy Story is much more than a 90-minute commercial for the inevitable bonanza of Woody and Buzz toys. Lasseter further scores with perfect voice casting, including Don Rickles as Mr Potato Head and Wallace Shawn as a meek dinosaur. The director-animator won a special Oscar "For the development and inspired application of techniques that have made possible the first feature-length computer-animated film". In other words, the film is great. Toy Story 2 Like the handful of other great film sequels, Toy Story 2 comments on why the first one was so wonderful while finding a fresh angle worthy of a new film. The craze of toy collecting becomes the focus here, as we find out that Woody (voiced by Tom Hanks) is not only a beloved toy to Andy but also a rare doll from a popular 1960s children's show. When a greedy collector takes Woody, Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) launches a rescue mission with Andy's other toys. This is one of the most creative and smile-inducing films since, well, the first Toy Story. Although the toys look the same as in the 1994 feature, Pixar shows how much technology has advanced: the human characters look more human, backgrounds are superior and two action sequences that book end the film are dazzling. A hoot for kids and adults, the film is packed with spoofs, easily accessible in-jokes and inspired voice casting (with newcomer Joan Cusack especially a delight as Cowgirl Jessie). But as the Pixar canon of films illustrates, the filmmakers are storytellers first. Woody's heart-tugging predicament can easily be translated into the eternal debate of living a good life versus living for forever. --Doug Thomas, Amazon.com

• Jackie Chan Collection Box : Shanghai Noon/Twin Dragons/Rumble in the Bronx | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Marvellous Jackie Chan action-fests including Shanghai Noon Twin Dragons and Rumble In The Bronx. Shanghai Noon (2000): Two cultures collide when East meets West in Shanghai Noon a wildly hilarious stunt-filled action-adventure-comedy starring the death-defying action hero Jackie Chan Owen Wilson and Lucy Liu. Chan plays Chinese Imperial Guard Chon Wang (say it out loud) who hightails it to the wild and woolly West to rescue the beautiful kidnapped Princess Pei Pei (Liu). When he meets up with laid-back outlaw cowboy dude Roy O'Bannon (Wilson) - the best mismatch ever made in the rough and tumble Old West - the two face jail brawls bordellos and the vilest villains this side of the Great Wall! Spectacular stunts outrageous irreverence and epic vistas reign as East meets West in a battle for honor royalty and a fortune in gold! It's a real kick. Twin Dragons (1992): The night that wealthy Mrs Chan gives birth to identical twins all hell breaks loose in the hospital! A wounded gangster escapes from a police escort in the emergency room and snatches one of the twins as hostage. The distraught parents lavish all their love and affection on the remaining twin throughout his childhood. He studies music and becomes a world-famous conductor. The abducted baby is abandoned by the gangster and found by a dance hall hostess who takes the infant home and brings him up as best she can. His youth is spent in the company of thieves and gangsters but he manages to get a job as a mechanic. Years later when the two Chans by coincidence meet face to face - chaos reigns. There is no time to establish a relationship but they both run headlong into great danger and a series of mind blowing stunts that only Jackie Chan & Jackie Chan can deliver. Rumble In The Bronx (1995): No one brings more death-defying entertainment to the screen than fearless martial arts superstar Jackie Chan. In this awe-inspiring and often amusing action-thriller Chan outdoes himself with the most eye-popping stunts ever filmed each more amazing than the last! Chan plays Keong a Hong Kong cop who gets more than he bargained for when he visits relatives in a crime-ridden section of New York. Soon Keong is brawling with Mafia kingpins and unleashing his lethal skills on unsuspecting thugs. From the first astonishing action sequence to the last in which Chan is matched against a giant hovercraft in a deadly show of brute strength 'Rumble in the Bronx' is the definitive action-adventure film; one your have to see to believe!

• McCloud - Season 1 And 2 | DVD | (25/09/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud (the late Dennis Weaver) of Taos N.M. is assigned to the 21st Precinct of the NYPD to study local police methods and where he can stay close to his girl Chris Coughlin a writer for her father's paper the New York Chronicle. McCloud is a keen and brilliant investigator who cuts an unusual figure in a trademark Stetson and sheepskin coat... Series 1: 1. Who Says You Can't Make Friends In New York City? 2. Horse Stealing On Fifth Avenue 3. The Concrete Corral 4. The Stage Is All The World 5. Walk In The Park 6. Our Man In Paris Series 2: 1. Encounter With Aries 2. Top Of The World Ma! 3. Somebody's Out To Get Jennie 4. The Disposal Man 5. A Little Plot At Tranquil Valley 6. Fifth Man In A String Quartet 7. Give My Regrets To Broadway

• Between The Lines - Season 3 | DVD | (01/05/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The complete third and final series of investigations for DS Tony Clark (Pearson) finding himself even deeper in the disturbing world that is the Complaints Investigation Bureau (CIB). Increasingly unpopular with both those that work there and those he's investigating Clark and his team have their work cut out deciphering the truth from the deceit... Episodes Comprise: 1.Foxtrot Oscar 2.A Safe Pair Of Hands 3.A Face In The Crowd 4.Shoot To Kill 5.Close Protection 6.Blooded

• Men In Black | DVD | (23/04/2012) from £9.98   |  Saving you £-2.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  They are the best kept secret in the Universe. Working for a highly-funded yet unofficial government agency, 'K' (Tommy Lee Jones) and 'J' (Will Smith) are the Men in Black, providers of immigration services and regulators of all things alien on earth. They are your best, last and only line of defence. They work in secret and dress in black... they are the Men in Black - protecting the earth from the scum of the Universe...

• Legionnaire | DVD | (03/05/2010) from £5.48   |  Saving you £0.51 (9.31%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Exiled to a video-only release when its distributor balked after the flop of Jean-Claude Van Damme's previous film Knock Off, this lavish adventure deserved a chance at theatrical success. Action icon Van Damme recasts himself as a tragic romantic hero in this entertaining old-fashioned adventure with a modern sensibility. "The Muscles from Brussels" is no Brando, but he acquits himself nicely as a cocky boxer who double-crosses a Marseilles mobster and joins the French Foreign Legion when his half-baked plan backfires with tragic consequences. Surrounded by a better than usual cast (including Steven Berkoff as a Teutonic drill sergeant, Jim Carter as the ruthless ganglord, and Nicholas Farrell as a gentleman soldier with a taste for gambling and a dark past), Van Damme's dour performance sometimes gets lost in the colourful characters around him. But that's okay--there's adventure enough to go around and he's willing to share it. The Marseilles scenes evoke a quaint movie past with their smoky bars and shadowy streets, but the film is reborn as an ambitious, stoic platoon drama in the sands of French Morocco. Legionnaire alludes to classic films from Beau Geste to Casablanca to Lawrence of Arabia, but ultimately marches its own macho course, revelling in testosterone-driven heroics and bonding-under-fire while acknowledging the irony of its colonial mission ("We're the intruders", realises one soldier). It's a calculated risk for Van Damme (who also co-wrote and co-produced), but if Legionnaire never quite grasps the epic scope it's reaching for, it remains one of his best films, an handsome, exciting and surprisingly grim desert adventure. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com

• The Twilight Zone - Series 2 | DVD | (12/12/2005) from £18.15   |  Saving you £21.84 (120.33%)   |  RRP £39.99

  A collection of the colour episodes from season 2 of The Twilight Zone.

• A Family At War - Series 2 | DVD | (10/01/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £79.99

  Featuring all the episodes from series 2 of A Family At War.

• BIG WEDNESDAY (BD/ S/ H) | Blu Ray | (12/08/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A