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• Neo-Realist Box Set | DVD | (25/09/2006) from £33.23   |  Saving you £1.76 (5.30%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Rome Open City: Roberto Rossellini's startling depiction of Nazi-occupied World War II Rome and one of the most prominent examples of his neorealist cinematic style is the story of a tenaciously held underground resistance against the Germans. When its leader Manfredi (Marcello Pagliero) and a priest Don Pietro (Aldo Fabrizi) are captured the resistance collapses with disastrous personal results to all. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Screenplay; Fellini collaborated with Rossellini in the writing of the script. 'Open City' is all the more remarkable in that it was made immediately following the liberation of Rome had been developed while Rossellini himself was in hiding and was filmed in the locations where the true events that the story are based on occurred. (Dir. Roberto Rossellini 1945) The Bicycle Thieves: After nearly two years of unemployment Antonio (Lamberto Maggiorani) finally finds work posting bills. But he needs a bicycle to do the job. Unfortunately he was forced to pawn his own bicycle long ago. In a humbling tragic scene Antonio exchanges his family's linen for his bicycle. But when the bike is stolen on his first day of work he must comb the streets of Rome in search of the bike: his family's only means to survival. Shot on location in Rome and using non-actors as a means of heightening the reality of the film Ladri Di Biciclette received the Honorary Award for Best Foreign Film at the 1950 Oscars. (Dir. Vittorio De Sica 1948) Miracle In Milan: Once upon a time an old woman discovered a young child in her cabbage patch. She cared for him until her death at which time the boy was placed into an orphanage. When the child is released from the orphanage he inspires shantytown squatters to improve their huts and enjoy the world. But as they begin to rebuild the squatters strike oil. The landowner evicts them wanting the oil for himself. But the old woman drops down from heaven to give Toto a magical dove which grants them whatever wish they want. Winner of the Grand Prize at the 1951 Cannes Film Festival - tied with Frken Julie. (Dir. Vittorio De Sica 1951) Umberto D: Retired civil servant Umberto struggles to survive on his rapidly dwindling pension in the harsh environment of post-World War II Rome a city plagued by its society's total disregard for the plight of the elderly the poor and the downtrodden. His only companions are his loyal dog Flag and a pregnant housemaid named Maria (Maria-Pia Casilio). Facing eviction from his humble home by his tyrannical landlady (Lina Gennari) Umberto's desperate failed attempts to raise money lead him to contemplate suicide. But first he must find a home for his little dog. Filmed on location in Rome with a totally non-professional cast Vittorio De Sica's compassionate but unsentimental handling of Umberto's tale devastatingly conveys the wretchedness of poverty and old age. 'Umberto D' is a deeply emotional and moving film that has quite rightly been hailed as a timeless classic of modern cinema. (Dir. Vittorio De Sica 1952) I Vitelloni: Five young men linger in post-adolescent limbo dreaming of adventure and escape from their small seacoast town. They while away their time spending the lira doled out by their indulgent families on drink women and nights at the local pool hall. Federico Fellini's second solo directorial effort is a semi-autobiographical masterpiece of sharply drawn character sketches. An international success and recipient of an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay I Vitelloni compassionately details a year in the life of small-town layabouts struggling to find meaning in their lives. (Dir. Federico Fellini 1953)

• This is the End (DVD + UV Copy) | DVD | (04/11/2013) from £2.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (501.67%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The comedy This Is The End follows six friends trapped in a house after a series of strange and catastrophic events devastate Los Angeles. As the world unravels outside, dwindling supplies and cabin fever threaten to tear apart the friendships inside.

• Inspector Nardone | DVD | (27/10/2014) from £7.70   |  Saving you £12.29 (159.61%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Post-war Milan is the ideal breeding ground for a new wave of criminal activity. A crime-scene that is very different from what we are used to today: an old-fashioned system of organized crime made up of thieves and outlaws who share a specific moral code which absolutely condemns homicide. A new chief officer is assigned to the Milan Police Department as if to settle a score for having exposed his corrupt colleagues. This is just one of the various difficulties that Mario Nardone an authentic Neapolitan must face in the sophisticated and urbane Milan. A city which nevertheless Nardone loves unconditionally and where he plans to bring up his beloved albeit somewhat neglected children. Based on a real figure Mario Nardone was a true legend in Milan during the 50's and 60's. Straightforward persistently stubborn but also endowed with a strong moral code and a great sense of humanity Nardone has deep loves; including his long-suffering family good cuisine and cracking jokes at every opportunity.

• Die Hard 2: Die Harder | DVD | (10/01/2000) from £5.95   |  Saving you £15.30 (326.23%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Director Renny Harlin (Cutthroat Island) took the reins of this 1990 sequel, which places Bruce Willis's New York City cop character in harm's way again with a gaggle of terrorists. This time, Willis awaits his wife's arrival at Dulles Airport in Washington, DC, when he gets wind of a plot to blow up the facility. Noisy, overbearing and forgettable, the film has none of the purity of its predecessor's simple story; and it makes a huge miscalculation in allowing a terrible tragedy to occur rather than stretch out the tension. Where Die Hard set new precedents in action movies, Die Hard 2 is just an anything-goes spectacle. -- Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• Bad Neighbours | Blu Ray | (08/09/2014) from £4.99   |  Saving you £20.00 (400.80%)   |  RRP £24.99

  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.

• Cosa Nostra: Franco Nero in Three Mafia Tales by Damiano Damiani | Blu Ray | (24/07/2023) from £24.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The most American of directors according to celebrated critic Paolo Mereghetti, Damiano Damiani (A Bullet for the General) nevertheless surveyed his own country's mafia history unlike anyone before him, to critical and box office success. Three such classic films are collected in this Blu-ray box set, presented from new restorations. The Day of the Owl stars Franco Nero 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). 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. 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 Claudia Cardinale, Nero, Damiani, and Best Production. Nero portrays a simple man thrown in jail for a misdemeanour in The Case is Closed: Forget It. Inside, he sees the grim reality of life behind bars, where the mafia controls everything. A powerful production with Nero in top form and supported by a strong cast including Riccardo Cucciolla (Rabid Dogs) and John Steiner (Tenebrae), the intensity of Damiani's film places it among the finest prison dramas. Presented in Italian and for the first time with the original English dub. In How to Kill a Judge, Nero plays filmmaker Giacomo Solaris, whose latest film features a judge corrupted by the mafia and who is later found murdered. The real judge the character is based on seizes the footage, but is later killed in the same way. Feeling a degree of responsibility, Solaris investigates, but as the assassinations increase around him, will he reach the source of the conspiracy? Full of twists and a fascinating meta-commentary on cinema, Damiani points the camera at himself and the genre as he investigates the social impact of mafia violence, a fitting end to this survey of Damiani's Cosa Nostra. Limited Edition Features 2K restorations of The Day of the Owl, The Case is Closed: Forget It and How to Kill a Judge New and archival extras for each film Limited edition perfect bound book featuring new writing on the film by experts on the genre Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in a rigid box with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings The Day of the Owl 2K restoration of the film from the original negative presented in Italian and English audio options Original uncompressed mono PCM audio New interview with star Franco Nero Archival interview with Franco Nero, writer Ugo Pirro and production manager Lucio Trentini Archival interview with Claudia Cardinale from French TV in which she discusses her long and storied career Identity Crime-Sis: filmmaker and Italian crime cinema expert Mike Malloy discusses The Day of the Owl in the context of the formation of the Italian crime film genre Filmmaker Howard Berger looks at the late Italian career of actor Lee J. Cobb Trailer Optional English subtitles for Italian audio and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for English audio Reversible sleeve featuring artwork based on original posters The Case is Closed: Forget It 2K restoration of the film from the original negative presented in Italian and, for the first time, English audio options Original uncompressed mono PCM audio New interview with star Franco Nero Archival documentary on the making of the film featuring actor Corrado Solari, assistant director Enrique Bergier and editor Antonio Siciliano Video essay on the career of Damiani Damiani by critic Rachael Nisbet Trailer Optional English subtitles for Italian audio and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for English audio Reversible sleeve featuring designs based on original posters How to Kill a Judge 2K restoration of the film from the original negative presented in Italian and English audio options Original uncompressed mono PCM audio New interview with star Franco Nero New interview with Alberto Pezzotta, author of Regia Damiano Damiani New video essay on the film by filmmaker David Cairns Trailer Optional English subtitles for Italian audio and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for English audio Reversible sleeve featuring designs based on original posters

• Hell Of The Living Dead | Blu Ray | (09/10/2023) from £14.25   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  You can't beat an Italian zombie movie and here's one of the best, looking yuckier than ever in this sensational 4K UHD presentation. There's been a nasty outbreak of the living dead in Papua New Guinea and it's up to an intrepid reporter (Margit Evelyn Newton), her cameraman (Gaby Renom) and an on-hand squad of commandoes to find out why and to try and stop it. There are disgusting special effects, some unexpected adversaries (a zombie rat, a zombie child and a zombie granny!) plus head-shots galore: truly, a film with something for everyone. Co-written by Claudio Fragrasso (inspired auteur of Troll 2) and directed by exploitation ace Bruno Mattei (Rats Night of Terror; Violence in a Woman's Prison), 88 Films are proud to present this classic of family entertainment full-blooded shocker in all its gory glory! ExtrasBrand new 4K Remaster from the Original Negatives presented in High Definition (1080p) in 1.85:1 Aspect Ratio LPCM 2.0 English Mono LPCM 2.0 Italian Mono with newly translated English Subtitles Audio Commentary with Italian Genre Film Experts Eugenio Ercolani and Troy Howarth Beauty and the Dead - An Interview with Margie Newton Poor Zombies - An Interview with Claudio Fragasso Vincent and Clyde - A 2022 Interview with Claudio Fragasso Writing the Dead - An Interview with Rossella Drudi Attack of the VHS Zombies Original Trailer Reversible sleeve with newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys and original Italian poster

• In Dubious Battle | DVD | (28/08/2017) from £3.00   |  Saving you £2.99 (99.67%)   |  RRP £5.99

  In the California apple country, nine hundred migratory workers rise up in dubious battle against the landowners. The group takes on a life of its own-stronger than its individual members and more frightening. Led by the doomed Jim Nolan, the strike is founded on his tragic idealism-on the courage never to submit or yield. Published in 1936, In Dubious Battle is considered the first major work of Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Steinbeck.

• Warm Bodies | Blu Ray | (17/06/2013) from £14.31   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• They Call Me Trinity / Trinity Is Still My Name | DVD | (03/03/2014) from £13.85   |  Saving you £6.14 (44.33%)   |  RRP £19.99

  They Call Me Trinity: A spoof of 'The Magnificent Seven' where a drifter rides into town where his brother is impersonating the local sherriff... Trinity Is Still My Name: Trinity and his brother set out to fulfill the promise they made to their dying father to become successful bandits...

• True Deception | DVD | (25/04/2016) from £4.99   |  Saving you £0.01 (0.20%)   |  RRP £5.00

  Stephen Elliott (James Franco) is enjoying a moment of fame and notoriety after publishing a celebrated memoir charting his difficult childhood at the mercy of a brutalising father (Ed Harriss). Going from busy book signings to sold-out talk-sessions he is riding the crest of a wave that has hitherto been so uncharacteristic of his life s journey so far. But what goes up must come down and when his estranged father resurfaces in his life, claiming that Stephen fabricated much of the dark childhood that that fuelled his best-selling book, it comes down with a crash. Adrift in the precarious grey area of memory, prescription medication and an onset of serious writers-block Stephen is guided by a new romance with the beautiful and enigmatic Lana (Amber Heard) and the chance to write about an infamous murder trial that reminds him more than a little of his own story.

• Case of the Bloody Iris (Beyond Terror) | DVD | (22/02/2010) from £12.13   |  Saving you £-2.14 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Jennifer a young model moves into a flat that was previously occupied by a performer who was brutally murdered. The crime is yet unsolved and Jennifer's neighbours-from an elderly lady and her disfigured son to a lecherous lesbian-may be possible suspects. The killer slices more beautiful girls open. Dressed in black leather and tooled with a cutthroat razor Jennifer could be the killer's next victim in the movie's chilling conclusion.

• Future World | DVD | (29/10/2018) from £6.01   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A queen lays dying as her son, Prince, travels across a barren wasteland to find a near-mythical medicine to save her life. After evading violent raiders on motorbikes led by the Warlord and his enforcer, Prince meets Ash, a robotic assassin in search of its own soul. When the Drug lord captures Prince, he soon finds himself in an epic battle to save the last remnants of humanity. Starring James Franco, Milla Jovovich (Resident Evil) & Lucy Liu (Kill Bill). Includes subtitles for the Hard Of Hearing

• 127 Hours (Double Play Blu-ray + DVD) | Blu Ray | (06/06/2011) from £6.90   |  Saving you £19.35 (343.09%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Aron Ralston (played by James Franco) is traipsing alone through Utah's Canyonlands National Park, minding his own sweet-natured, loosey-goosey business, when an errant step drops him into a crevasse. That in itself wouldn't be so bad if he hadn't managed to get his right hand stuck between a heavy boulder and the side of the cavern--a cavern that will be his grave, if he doesn't figure out how to get himself out. Danny Boyle's film of this real-life 2003 incident builds up to what we all know is going to happen: Ralston must sever his arm between his elbow and wrist, after a few long, lonely days of avoiding the idea. (Superb casual line delivery by Franco: "So I found this great tourniquet….") Because this is a film by the director of Slumdog Millionaire and Trainspotting, we can expect a barrage of visual high jinks, despite the fact that this story would seem to be a simple tale of a man stuck in the desert. Boyle deploys flashbacks and fantasies to fill up the screen, plus he gets some mileage out of Ralston's video camera--and, of course, this director can't resist juicing the soundtrack with pop tunes, from Sigur Rós to Edith Piaf to Slumdog composer A.R. Rahman. Maybe Boyle is simply hyperactive, or maybe he's really onto something about what would happen inside the mind of a man left in extremis for an extended period (who wouldn't have a few Boyle-esque hallucinations, under the circumstances?). The cumulative effect is overbearing, but Franco's performance is spirited and endearing--he makes Ralston sufficiently "of life" that you definitely don't want to see this goofball soul be lost. --Robert Horton

• Flyboys | Blu Ray | (24/12/2007) from £39.29   |  Saving you £-19.30 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  "Flyboys," is inspired by the epic tale of the American young men who would become known as the legendary Lafayette Escadrille.

• A Quiet Place in the Country | Blu Ray | (08/12/2025) from £16.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Leonardo (Franco Nero, The Day of the Owl) is a celebrated artist plagued by nightmares which stop him from completing his work. His agent and sometime lover, Flavia (Vanessa Redgrave, The Devils), encourages him to relax, so he buys a country villa. Once there he begins tracing the story of the previous owner while Flavia's presence in the house seems to awaken something as she encounters one mysterious accident after another. Part ghost story, part meditation on the creative process told through the excesses of the 1960s. Elio Petri (The Working Class Goes to Heaven) brilliantly fuses these ideas in ways that are at times shocking, yet thought-provoking in their investigation of art, sex and madness, set to an eerie score by Ennio Morricone.BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURESHigh-Definition digital transfer, presented with optional English and Italian audio tracksUncompressed mono PCM audioNew interview on the film by author Stephen ThrowerArchival interview with actor Franco NeroInterview with make-up artist Pierantonio MecacciSelect-scene commentary by critic and filmmaker Kat Ellinger on the theme of masculinity in the film and Petri's workTrailerNew and improved English subtitle translation for Italian audio and English SDH for English audio

• Marina Abramovi The Artist is Present | DVD | (03/09/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Seductive, fearless, and outrageous, Marina Abramovic has been redefining what art is for nearly 40 years. Using her own body as a vehicle, pushing herself beyond her limits - and at times risking her life in the process - she creates performances that challenge, shock, and move us. Marina Abramovic the Artist is Present follows the artist as she prepares for what may be the most important moment of her life: a major new retrospective of her work, taking place at The Museum of Modern Art. To be given a retrospective at one of the world's premier museums is the most exhilarating sort of milestone. For Marina, it is far more: it is the chance to finally silence the question she has been hearing over and over again for four decades: But why is this art?

• Spider-Man 2 (Superbit) | DVD | (24/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Tobey Maguire returns as mild-mannered Peter Parker whose double life as college student and superhuman crime fighter gets even more complicated when the maniacal and multi-tentacled "Doc Ock" turns up on the scene.

• Nights of Cabiria | Blu Ray | (06/04/2020) from £10.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Later remade in Hollywood as Sweet Charity, Fellini's NIGHTS OF CABIRIA is an often humorous, poignant, unflinching and vivid portrait of one woman's picaresque existence and her perseverance through adversity. Starring Fellini's wife, Giulietta Masina, as the irrepressible protagonist who previously appeared in a brief scene in The White Sheik, NIGHTS OF CABIRIA marked Fellini's last foray into gritty neo-realism before venturing into the surreal satire and dream logic of La Dolce Vita and Eight And A Half.

• Your Highness | Blu Ray | (08/08/2011) from £13.00   |  Saving you £9.99 (76.85%)   |  RRP £22.99

  When Prince Fabious's bride is kidnapped, he goes on a quest to rescue her... accompanied by his lazy useless brother Thadeous.