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• Disaster Artist | Blu Ray | (09/04/2018) from £11.89   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  With The Disaster Artist, James Franco transforms the tragicomic true-story of aspiring filmmaker and infamous Hollywood outsider Tommy Wiseauan artist whose passion was as sincere as his methods were questionableinto a celebration of friendship, artistic expression and dreams pursued against insurmountable odds. Based on Greg Sestero's best-selling tell-all about the making of Tommy's cult-classic disasterpiece The Room (The Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made), The Disaster Artist is a hilarious and welcome reminder that there is more than one way to become a legendand no limit to what you can achieve when you have absolutely no idea what you're doing.

• The Day of the Owl | Blu Ray | (23/09/2024) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The Day of the Owl stars Franco Nero (Django) as a police chief who, while investigating the death of a construction worker, goes up against corrupt officials and a ruthless mafia boss (Lee J. Cobb, On the Waterfront). Adapted from the celebrated novel by Leonardo Sciascia (Illustrious Corpses, Todo Modo), The Day of the Owl was the first book to openly deal with organised crime in Sicily. Director Damiano Damiani followed in the civic-minded cinema of Francesco Rosi and Elio Petri while forging a new path for the action-orientated cinema of the poliziottesco that would follow, creating something uniquely his own. A prestigious production, it was in the running for best film at the Berlin Film Festival and found wins at home in the David di Donatello Awards for stars Nero and Claudia Cardinale, along with Damiani (A Bullet for the General), and Best film.The Day of the Owl stars Franco Nero (Django) as a police chief who, while investigating the death of a construction worker, goes up against corrupt officials and a ruthless mafia boss (Lee J. Cobb, On the Waterfront). Adapted from the celebrated novel by Leonardo Sciascia (Illustrious Corpses, Todo Modo), The Day of the Owl was the first book to openly deal with organised crime in Sicily. Director Damiano Damiani followed in the civic-minded cinema of Francesco Rosi and Elio Petri while forging a new path for the action-orientated cinema of the poliziottesco that would follow, creating something uniquely his own. A prestigious production, it was in the running for best film at the Berlin Film Festival and found wins at home in the David di Donatello Awards for stars Nero and Claudia Cardinale, along with Damiani (A Bullet for the General), and Best film.

• Rise of the Planet of the Apes - Triple Play (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy) | Blu Ray | (12/12/2011) from £12.13   |  Saving you £12.86 (106.02%)   |  RRP £24.99

  RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES combines fantastic storytelling with the next leap in Visual Effects for an emotional and action-packed motion picture experience unlike any other.

• Spider-Man 3 | DVD | (27/08/2018) from £4.90   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) has finally managed to strike a balance between his devotion to M.J. (Kirsten Dunst) and his duties as a superhero. But when his suit suddenly changes, turning jetblack and enhancing his powers, it transforms Peter, bringing out a dark vengeful side that he struggles to control. He must now battle his inner demons as two of the mostfeared villains yet, Sandman (Thomas Haden Church) and Venom (Topher Grace), gather unparalleled power and a thirst for revenge which threatens Peter and everyone he loves. Features: Commentaries

• The Mercenary | DVD | (08/01/2018) from £8.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Western directed by Sergio Corbucci and starring Franco Nero and Tony Musante. A Polish mercenary named Sergei Kowalski (Nero) lends a hand to a ragtag group of revolutionaries in their fight against the Mexican government and their military. But he is himself being pursued by an American rival driven by revenge. But will Kowalski's mercenary ways sway the leader of the revolution from his righteous path and into sheer banditry?

• Milk | DVD | (08/06/2009) from £4.73   |  Saving you £13.26 (280.34%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Gay Rights Activist. Friend. Lover. Unifier. Politician. Fighter. Icon. Inspiration. Hero. His life changed history, and his courage changed lives.

• The Canterbury Tales (I Racconti di Canterbury) | DVD | (18/06/2001) from £8.97   |  Saving you £11.02 (122.85%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini's film of The Canterbury Tales was one of a trilogy from the early 1970s that, like its companions The Decameron and the Arabian Nights, was an international box-office hit playing for long runs in mainstream cinemas. All of them adapt a masterpiece of literature where man becomes the moral catalyst for his own destiny. Chaucer's ribald sense of humour was a natural outlet for Pasolini's own desire to throw caution to the wind on screen, causing controversy at the time by displaying all facets of the male and female body unadorned. (Although it all looks pretty tame now, the Italian authorities were a threatening presence to Pasolini at the time.) Produced by Alberto Grimaldi with a large budget, the location scenes were filmed in many historic sites in England, notably Wells Cathedral, its crypt, and the surrounding flatlands leading toward Glastonbury, captured in early spring by Tonino Delli Colli's cinematography. The cast with Italian and English actors dubbed into Italian with English subtitles is a mixed blessing. Hugh Griffith as Sir January is one Anglo-Saxon recognisable from his role as the lecherous squire in Tom Jones, and overacts like the rest of the cast. Pasolini himself appears briefly as Chaucer in a non-speaking role that one regrets he didn't enlarge for himself in this sprawling tableaux of pilgrim's tales (Ken Russell's excesses from the same period come to mind). The musical score, an adaptation by Ennio Morricone of some traditional indigenous melodies, prefigures the early music revival by a few years and provides a stimulating soundtrack. --Adrian Edwards

• Third Person | DVD | (23/03/2015) from £6.89   |  Saving you £11.10 (161.10%)   |  RRP £17.99

  From Academy Award winning director Paul Haggis (Crash) comes a star studded drama about three interlocking love stories played out across Rome Paris and New York.

• Journey To The Far Side Of The Sun | Blu Ray | (20/02/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  There's a sense of awe to the special effects work of animation specialists Gerry and Sylvia Anderson (Thunderbirds Are Go)--the slow, lovingly detailed introduction of a massive spaceship creeping out of dock and struggling against its bulk while trapped on the ground, and the almost balletic spectacle of the ship elegantly floating against an impressive star field or dramatically flying against the rugged landscape. These moments are the highlights of this sober science fiction thriller about the discovery of a planet on the far side of the sun in Earth's orbit. A mission is hastily put together, with British astrophysicist Ian Hendry teamed with hotshot American astronaut Roy Thinnes for the three-week trip, but when they suddenly crash-land the strange creatures that surround them are revealed to be human. Against all rational explanations they're back on Earth, but Thinnes suddenly discovers that everything is a mirror image of his existence: Through the Looking Glass by way of The Twilight Zone. Though it begins as a paranoid spy thriller set in the near future (the opening details an ingenious espionage caper featuring a very special eyepiece), it quickly turns into a serious and oddly unsettling space-race drama with a heady twist. Robert Parrish's direction is unusually aloof, but the film is always intriguing and well acted with gorgeous special effects that may rank second only to Stanley Kubrick's 2001 as the most elegant vision of outer space flight on film. --Sean Axmaker

• Dawn of the Planet of the Apes / Rise of the Planet of the Apes | DVD | (24/11/2014) from £4.24   |  Saving you £2.72 (64.15%)   |  RRP £6.96

  Rise of the Planet of the ApesDirector Rupert Wyatt brings this action-packed blockbuster standing as a prequel to the popular Planet of the Apes series starring Brian Cox (Manhunter) John Lithgow (3rd Rock from the Sun Shrek) and Oscar nominee James Franco (Spider-man 127 Hours). Father and Son Charles and Will Rodman (Lithgow Franco) are two ambitious and extremely intellectual scientists from San Francisco. Their lives revolve around their work and all of their time is spent in the laboratory. Their latest experiment involving a chimp named Caesar (Andy Serkis) has seen the two spend many years in the lab and they finally think that the hard work is about to pay off. With Caesar becoming more and more advanced by the day there is a great risk that their genetic engineering has gone too far and Caesar is growing too intelligent. Realising his own incredible strength physically and psychologically Caesar now sets out on a mission to lead an uprising of apes to take over mankind. Being the only people that truly know Caesar and what he's capable of can Charles and Will put a stop to Caesar's reign of terror before it's too late? Dawn of the Planet of the ApesA growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar is threatened by a band of human survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier. They reach a fragile peace but it proves short-lived as both sides are brought to the brink of a war that will determine who will emerge as Earth's dominant species.

• Disaster Artist | DVD | (09/04/2018) from £4.65   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  With The Disaster Artist, James Franco transforms the tragicomic true-story of aspiring filmmaker and infamous Hollywood outsider Tommy Wiseauan artist whose passion was as sincere as his methods were questionableinto a celebration of friendship, artistic expression and dreams pursued against insurmountable odds. Based on Greg Sestero's best-selling tell-all about the making of Tommy's cult-classic disasterpiece The Room (The Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made), The Disaster Artist is a hilarious and welcome reminder that there is more than one way to become a legendand no limit to what you can achieve when you have absolutely no idea what you're doing.

• Pumping Iron | Blu Ray | (17/03/2023) from £15.90   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Oz the Great and Powerful | Blu Ray | (01/07/2013) from £5.07   |  Saving you £17.92 (353.45%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Disney's fantastical adventure Oz the Great and Powerful from the director of the Spider-Man trilogy follows Oscar Diggs (James Franco) a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics. When Diggs is hurled away to the vibrant Land of Oz he thinks he's hit the jackpot - until he meets three witches (Mila Kunis Rachel Weisz and Michelle Williams) who aren't convinced he's the great wizard everyone's expecting. Reluctantly drawn into epic problems facing Oz and its inhabitants Oscar must find out who is good and who is evil before it's too late. Putting his magical arts to use through illusion ingenuity - and even some wizardry - Oscar transforms himself into the great wizard and a better man as well. Special Features: Walt Disney and the Road to Oz My Journey in Oz by James Franco China Girl and the Suspension of Disbelief Before Your Very Eyes: From Kansas to Oz Mila's Metamorphosis Mr. Elfman's Musical Concoctions Bloopers

• Django (Limited Collector's Edition) | Blu Ray | (11/12/2023) from £29.65   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Sergio Corbucci's ground-breaking DJANGO is one of the greatest and most influential Westerns ever. Seminal, yet banned for decades, its aesthetics of visual cruelty transcended the genre and shaped today's film-making language. Its major influence is declared by Quentin Tarantino - among many Hollywood directors - and seen in his all films . Django, played by the legendary Franco Nero, is the mysterious lone gunslinger who, dragging a coffin behind him, arrives in a bleak, mud-drenched town where he'll face two ruthless gangs of sadistic killers. Presented uncut, from new 4K-restored elements, this definitive version is pristinely faithful to the original filmmakers' vision; as attested by Ruggero Deodato (of Cannibal Holocaust fame) who shot several scenes of DJANGO as the then-Assistant to Corbucci. Product Features BONUS FEATURE: DJANGO & DJANGO 80 min with QUENTIN TARANTINO A riveting feature-length testimonial by Quentin Tarantino complements this edition: showing many clips, he explains how Sergio Corbucci's 'Django' permeates his own films from 'Reservoir Dogs' to his resounding tribute 'Django Unchained'. And whimsically Tarantino tells how, in his 'Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood', his fictional actor, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, ends up working for the real Sergio Corbucci. (By Steve Della Casa and Luca Rea. Directed by Luca Rea. 2021. 78 Mins). SPECIAL FEATURES On-Disc INTERVIEWS with: Franco Nero on being Django Ruggero Deodato (of 'Cannibal Holocaust' fame) on being Sergio Corbucci's assistant Alex Cox (Creator of BBC' Moviedrome & cult-Director of RepoMan) defines DJANGO New reworked English subtitles & additional SDH BOOK: Perfect-Bound 64 pages booklet with foreword by Franco Nero: Django The Western Cranked-up! by Kevin Grant. FAB Press ArtCard with original posters Slip Case Serial Numbered & reversible inlays with 3 key artworks

• The Time of Their Lives (BD) | Blu Ray | (31/07/2017) from £3.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Joan Collins stars in this comedy drama written and directed by Roger Goldby. Former Hollywood starlet Helen (Collins) decides to pay her respects to her late ex-husband by crashing his funeral on the glamorous French island of Ile-de-Ré. With the help of her best friend Priscilla (Pauline Collins), Helen escapes her retirement home in London and the pair set off on their journey. Things take a turn however, as the duo soon become entangled in a love triangle with reclusive Italian millionaire Alberto (Franco Nero) after they decide to pick him up along the way. The cast also includes Ronald Pickup and Joely Richardson.

• Bad Neighbours | DVD | (08/09/2014) from £3.45   |  Saving you £16.54 (479.42%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Seth Rogen, Zac Efron and Rose Byrne lead the cast of BAD NEIGHBOURS, a comedy about a young couple who are forced to live next to a fraternity house after the birth of their newborn baby.

• 11.22.63 | Blu Ray | (15/08/2016) from £14.99   |  Saving you £-3.50 (N/A%)   |  RRP £11.49

  On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy was killed, and the world changed. What if you could change it back? Take a journey to find out in the genre-busting 11.22.63, an epic new nine-hour event series from J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot Productions (Person of Interest, Fringe, Lost), acclaimed international author Stephen King, executive producer/writer Bridget Carpenter (The Red Road, Parenthood, Friday Night Lights) and Warner Bros. Television. Additionally, Academy Award® winner Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland, State of Play) will direct and executive produce the first two hours of the series. Based upon the bestselling novel written by King and starring a terrific ensemble cast embodying deeply complex characters, 11.22.63 hurtles viewers deep into the unpredictable darkness of the American dream. James Franco stars as Jake Epping, a high school teacher at a loss with his life, who wants to make a difference and do something meaningful. Encouraged by his ailing friend (Chris Cooper), Jake journeys back in time to prevent the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The story transports audiences into the world of 1960s Texas as Jake explores the multiple mysteries surrounding the alleged assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. But Jake's mission faces threats not only from Oswald, but from Sadie, a beautiful librarian he falls in love with, and from the Past itself... which doesn't want to be changed. And if the Past doesn't want to be changed, it will push back -- often violently. With something for everyone, this edge-of-your seat mystery offers an epic and emotional thrill ride unlike any other. Episodes The Rabbit Hole - Part 1 The Rabbit Hole - Part 2 The Kill Floor Other Voices, Other Rooms The Eyes of Texas The Truth Happy Birthday, Lee Harvey Oswald Soldier Boy The Day in Question

• Why Him? (Blu-ray + Digital HD) | Blu Ray | (01/05/2017) from £8.04   |  Saving you £0.93 (11.57%)   |  RRP £8.97

  Ned (Bryan Cranston), an overprotective dad, visits his daughter at Stanford where he meets his biggest nightmare: her well-meaning but socially awkward Silicon Valley billionaire boyfriend, Laird (James Franco). A rivalry develops and Ned's panic level goes through the roof when he finds himself lost in this glamorous high-tech world and learns Laird is about to pop the question.

• 21 Jump Street | Blu Ray | (09/07/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  A pair of underachieving cops are sent back to a local high school to blend in and bring down a synthetic drug ring.

• Force 10 from Navarone | DVD | (27/08/2007) from £19.99   |  Saving you £-10.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Explosive high adventure! A mission more daring than silencing the ""Guns"". The survivors of The Guns Of Navarone (Dir. J. Lee Thompson 1961) are given an even more dangerous mission - they must destroy a huge bridge deep in the Balkans. During their journey they join up with 'Force 10' a group of tough American commandoes led by the daring Lt. Colonel Barnsby (Harrison Ford). But on their arrival in Yugoslavia they are captured by the Germans and failure of the mission seems certain. After a breath-taking escape and some especially hair-raising battles Force 10 From Navarone succeeds in destroying the key bridge and dam in one of the most spectacular climaxes ever filmed!