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• The Bridge On The River Kwai | Blu Ray | (04/12/2017) from £19.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (15.01%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Based on the true story of the building of a bridge on the Burma railway by British prisoners-of-war held under a savage Japanese regime in World War II, The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) is one of the greatest war films ever made. The film received seven Oscars, including Best Picture, Director, Performance (Alex Guinness), for Sir Malcolm Arnold's superb music, and for the screenplay from the novel by Pierre Boulle (who also wrote Monkey Planet, the inspiration for Planet of the Apes). The story does take considerable liberties with history, including the addition of an American saboteur played by William Holden, and an entirely fictitious but superbly constructed and thrilling finale. Made on a vast scale, the film reinvented the war movie as something truly epic, establishing the cinematic beachhead for The Longest Day (1962), Patton (1970) and A Bridge Too Far (1977). It also proved a turning-point in director David Lean's career. Before he made such classic but conventionally scaled films as In Which We Serve (1942) and Hobson's Choice (1953). Afterwards there would only be four more films, but their names are Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Dr Zhivago (1965), Ryan's Daughter (1970) and A Passage to India (1984). On the DVD: Too often the best extras come attached to films that don't really warrant them. Not so here, where a truly great film has been given the attention it deserves. The first disc presents the film in the original extra-wide CinemaScope ratio of 2.55:1, in an anamorphically enhanced transfer which does maximum justice to the film's superb cinematography. The sound has been transferred from the original six-track magnetic elements into 5.1 Dolby Digital and far surpasses what many would expect from a 1950s' feature. The main bonus on the first disc is an isolated presentation of Malcolm Arnold's great Oscar-winning music score, in addition to which there is a trivia game, and maps and historical information linked to appropriate clips. The second disc contains a new, specially produced 53-minute "making of" documentary featuring many of those involved in the production of the movie. This gives a rich insight into the physical problems of making such a complex epic on location in Ceylon. Also included are the original trailer and two short promotional films from the time of release, one of which is narrated by star William Holden. Finally there is an "appreciation" by director John Milius, an extensive archive of movie posters and artwork, and a booklet that reproduces the text of the film's original 1957 brochure. --Gary S Dalkin

• Halloween | Blu Ray | (15/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  It was a cold Halloween night in 1963 when six year old Michael Myers brutally murdered his 17-year-old sister. Fifteen years later he escapes from prison and returns home...

• We'll Meet Again | DVD | (24/10/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  This musical is loosely based upon the career of the British "Forces' Sweetheart" Vera Lynn, a popular BBC radio singer who spent much time entertaining the troops in London. It all begins when she falls in love with a Scottish soldier who breaks her heart when he jilts her in favor of her best friend. Following the break up, she decides to leave London and spend her time entertaining troops all over Europe.

• Halloween 4 - The Return Of Michael Myers | DVD | (28/01/2002) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-7.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  John Carpenter's malevolent monster Michael Myers escapes from years of comatose incarnation while being transported from a maximum security institution. Myers carves his way to Haddonfield for Halloween - the original setting of Michael's massacre leaving a bloody trail of carnage and corpses. Only one man knows the true horrors of this mad man - Dr Loomis (Donald Pleasence) who also returns to Haddonfield to do battle once again with the devil incarnate. But Dr Loomis knows only too well it will be almost impossible to outwit the skill and cunning of Michael Myers.

• Steely Dan - Aja (Classic Albums) | DVD | (01/12/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  Pioneering pop/jazz band Steely Dan formed by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker in the early 70's had already secured five US Top 40 albums before the release of AJA in 1977. However was to prove to be the biggest selling album of Steely Dan's illustrious career reached Number 3 in the US Billboard chart spending a year in the Top 40 there and also reaching number 5 in the UK. AJA was the first British Top 10 hit for Steely Dan and also the first album by Becker and Fagen as duo. Becker and Fagen renowned for their relentless perfectionism in the recording studios recall the history of an album that was a year in the making but rewarded by a prestigious Grammy Award and three major hit singles Peg Deacon Blues and Josie. Michael McDonald later of the Doobie Brothers who did guest backing vocals on AJA British rock performer and songwriter Ian Dury record producer Gary Katz and the legendary session musicians who worked on AJA also contribute to this fascinating documentary. Steely Dan's AJA has proved to be one of the most outstanding jazz-rock albums in the history of popular music. This is a vivid portrait of a 70's record that is still as fresh and as memorable more than two decades after its release a true Classic Album.

• Little Murders (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (30/08/2021) from £15.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Adapted from the controversial stage play by Jules Feiffer (Carnal Knowledge), this savage, nihilistic black comedy was the startling directorial debut of actor Alan Arkin. When a severely depressed fashion photographer (Elliott Gould M*A*S*H, The Long Goodbye, California Split) meets an optimistic young woman (Marcia Rodd Citizens Band, Last Embrace), she is determined to save him amidst the series of random muggings, sniper shootings, garbage strikes and total blackouts that are ravaging the city of New York. Special Features High Definition remaster Original mono audio Audio commentary with actor Elliott Gould and writer Jules Feiffer Audio commentary with journalist Samm Deighan Introductions to the film by Alan Arkin and Jules Feiffer (2018) A Certain Amount of Black (2018, 18 mins): new interview with acclaimed actor-producer Elliott Gould Beginner's Luck (2018, 19 mins): new interview with celebrated actor-director Alan Arkin Acts of Random Violence (2018, 32 mins): new interview with award-winning writer and satirist Jules Feiffer, author of the original stage play and screenplay adaptation of Little Murders Speaking of Films: 'Little Murders' (1972, 30 mins): original promotional recording of Jules Feiffer in discussion with academics and critics Susan Rice, Robert Geller, Leonard Maltin and Sean Driscoll Radio interviews (1971, 32 mins): promotional recordings of Elliott Gould, Donald Sutherland and Alan Arkin, specially prepared for radio station syndication Original theatrical trailer Trailer commentary with Larry Karaszewski (2013, 4 mins): a short critical appreciation Original TV spots Original radio spots Image gallery: on-set and promotional photography New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing

• Small Town Story | DVD | (03/08/2015) from £11.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  This excellent British thriller thought lost for decades stars Donald Houston Alan Wheatley and Susan Shaw (cast against type here in a 'bad-girl' role) in a gripping story of love and deception in the world of British association football. Featured here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements Small Town Story includes appearances from football and cricketing legend Denis Compton along with players from Millwall Arsenal and Hayes football clubs and boasts the only screen acting credit of future World of Sport commentator Kent Walton. Though there is noticeable film damage in the first reel this is the only copy known to exist. Canadian ex-serviceman Bob Regan returns to Oldchester the English town where he was posted during the war. Meeting up with his friend Mike now manager of the local football club he discovers that Oldchester are desperate for promotion as they stand to inherit £25 000 from recently deceased supporter Wallace Hammond if they make the Third Division – a situation that Hammond's devious nephew finds intolerable... Features: Image gallery

• Simba | DVD | (14/03/2011) from £9.98   |  Saving you £5.00 (62.58%)   |  RRP £12.99

  White farmer Dirk Bogarde and his neighbors are targeted for extermination by the zealously nationalistic Mau Maus. Native doctor Joseph Tomelty whose brother had earlier been killed under questionable circumstances endeavors to help the whites escape the hordes only to discover that his own father is the local leader of the insurrectionists. Given the cruelties of colonial rule in Africa it is hard for any film to make the Mau Mau total villains despite their own well-documented brutal treatment of their enemies. Simba downplays side-taking and ideology choosing instead to concentrate on the adventure and suspense elements.

• The Planets | DVD | (24/01/2000) from £8.00   |  Saving you £26.99 (337.38%)   |  RRP £34.99

  While watching The Planets, be prepared to fight your way past all kinds of computer animation which makes Walking with Dinosaurs seem like the last word in realism. It seems that no solar or planetary event which ever happened (or which may or may not have happened) is worthy of mention here without recourse to lovingly detailed shots of implausible-looking collisions and explosions. These come complete with sound effects, despite the fact that there is no sound in the vacuum of space, and are enhanced by a range of colours, some of which are visible only to bees. Somehow Patrick Moore's The Sky at Night manages to convey just as much excitement with little more than a couple of diagrams and the presenter's hyperactive enthusiasm. Fortunately, this two-DVD set is redeemed by both its subject matter and its sheer scope, offering all eight 50-minute episodes of the 1999 documentary series covering the history of the solar system and humanity's age-old desire to learn its secrets. Detailed indexing and scene access makes this a convenient reference source too, so amateur astronomers everywhere can finally bin those off-air VHS copies. --Roger Thomas

• The Count of Monte Cristo | DVD | (09/03/2020) from £11.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A young officer, falsely imprisoned by his jealous friends, escapes and uses a hidden treasure to exact his revenge.

• Phantom of Death | DVD | (01/10/2007) from £8.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (85.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Police Comissioner Datti is investigating the murder of a female doctor whose murderer seems to be a thirty-fivish year old man. Soon another murder follows: Pianist Robert Dominici's girlfriend is found killed. The killer also challenges Datti on the phone and says he can't be caught since he has a secret which makes him invulnerable. In the meantime the clues seems to point in strange directions...

• Bless This House | DVD | (08/04/2002) from £19.99   |  Saving you £-7.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The classic sitcom about the Abbotts a family with generation gap problems. Starring the unforgettable Sid James as Sidney Abbott the series revolves around his doomed efforts to get with it for his children whilst being constantly thwarted in pursuing his love of birds booze and football. This DVD contains the first five episodes in colour from the first series. Episodes: The Day Of Rest Make Love... Not War Charity Begins At Home If The Dog Collar Fits... Wear It The Morning After The Night Before.

• Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons - Vol. 2 - Episodes 7 To 12 | DVD | (17/09/2001) from £9.42   |  Saving you £6.57 (69.75%)   |  RRP £15.99

  First broadcast in 1967, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons was the most grown-up of all Gerry Anderson's SuperMarionation adventures. There are gadgets and toy-friendly machines galore, of course--like the Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle, the Angel Aircraft and Cloudbase itself--but, unlike the colourful fantasies of Stingray and Thunderbirds, this series' concern with an implacable, vengeful enemy, conspiracies and double-agents drew its inspiration from James Bond and the Cold War spy dramas of the 1960s. Special effects whiz Derek Meddings imbues the action sequences with a truly Bondian grandeur and, like the sinister Spectre of the Bond films, the Martian Mysterons seem all the more hostile for their unseen presence, their agents infiltrating every organisation dedicated to their destruction just as it seemed the Soviets were doing at the time. The indestructible Captain Scarlet is killed then resurrected every week (though not like South Park's Kenny), and more often than not the unstoppable Mysterons emerge triumphant, and always undefeated. The varied cast of Spectrum agents and their voice characterisations also aim at verisimilitude (Captain Scarlet, voiced by Francis Matt hews, sounds like a grim Cary Grant), while the puppetry is more realistic than ever. Now with newly remastered picture and Dolby 5.1 surround sound, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons still looks and sounds like the epitome of 60s cool. --Mark Walker

• Rentadick | Blu Ray | (05/07/2021) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Originally scripted by comedy legends John Cleese and Graham Chapman, this hilarious farce was the first of only two main features from cult director (and Oscar-winning editor) Jim Clark. Starring James Booth, Richard Briers and Richard Beckinsale as three hapless private investigators, Rentadick is featured here as a brand-new High Definition remaster from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio. Armitage, a rich scientist, has problems. Not only is his luscious wife being pursued (and caught) by all and sundry, but his laboratory is under threat of industrial espionage. He engages private detectives to protect both his business and his wife, but the service he receives is certainly not what he was expecting!

• Classic British TV Series | DVD | (19/05/2007) from £18.75   |  Saving you £-3.76 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Detectives and master criminals come together for the first time in a DVD box set as Pegasus Entertainment Ltd presents The Best Of Classic British TV - Crime Series featuring episodes from four nostalgic TV shows of the early 60s. Saber Of London The long running TV series proved a hit with audience on both sides of the Atlantic under various titles including Detective's Diary and The Vise. Whatever the title the hit show featured the crime-solving exploits of the gallant and charming one-armed private investigator who greeted his viewers with the famous words I'm Mark Saber - and this is London. Man From Interpol Crime is international but so is the law. The series plotted the globetrotting adventures of Anthony Smith the man from Interpol as he sort to bring master criminals from all corners of the world to justice. Special attach'' to Scotland Yard Agent Smith proved a charismatic and adaptable crime fighter as no one knew where in the world evil would strike next. Tales Of Edgar Wallace Based on the works of English crime writer Edgar Wallace the series was updated adaptations of his stories with each episode providing an unusual mystery to be solved. A celluloid penny dreadful the stories twisted and turned at a fabulous pace keeping the armchair detectives guessing until the very end. Scotland Yard Introduced by novelist and broadcaster Edgar Lustgarten the series focused on cases from the records room of the most famous police force in the world Scotland Yard. Regular viewers were drawn into a murky world of mystery murder and mayhem as each episode explained or helped to solve a hideous crime.

• The Cruel Sea | DVD | (15/01/2007) from £3.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (225.56%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The courageous story of the Battle of the Atlantic: a story of an ocean a ship and a handful of men. The brave crew are the heroes. The heroine is the ship. The only villain is the sea that man and war have made even more brutal...

• Quai Des Brumes | DVD | (02/01/2007) from £11.15   |  Saving you £1.84 (14.20%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In a futuristic state-run society controlled by ""Big Brother"" in which love is outlawed employee of the state Winston Smith falls for Julia and is tortured and brainwashed for his crime. This is the original Big Brother

• Pleasure Girls | DVD | (22/03/2010) from £12.95   |  Saving you £0.04 (0.31%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The first horror film to be released under the legendary Amicus Productions banner Dr. Terror's House Of Horrors has long been a firm favourite of horror fans. Directed by double Oscar winning cinematographer Freddie Francis (Glory - 1989 Sons And Lovers - 1960). Five passengers (Christoper Lee Roy Castle Kenny Lynch Donald Sutherland and Alan Freeman) sharing a compartment on a train are joined by the mysterious Dr. Schreck (Peter Cushing) who offers to tell their fortunes by reading a deck of Tarot cards which he refers to as his house of horrors. As each of the five stories unfolds the passengers become progressively horrified by Schreck's revelations...

• It Ain't Half Hot Mum - Series 7 | DVD | (24/08/2009) from £15.98   |  Saving you £0.01 (0.06%)   |  RRP £15.99

  It Ain't Half Mom: Season 7

• 38th Ryder Cup - Official Film | DVD | (22/11/2010) from £4.05   |  Saving you £15.94 (393.58%)   |  RRP £19.99

  38th Ryder Cup - Official Film