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• Downhill Racer | DVD | (13/08/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Director Michael Ritchie's (The Golden Child) debut film is a tense and taut look at the world of Olympic skiing. Robert Redford is the hero a handsome loner from Idaho Springs Colorado bent on making it to the top of the heap. As the pressure and tension build Redford handles himself well learning in the process how fleeting and lonely fame can be. Redford is well cast as the all American boy chasing his dream and Gene Hackman is excellent as the tough and demanding American sk

• Funny About Love | DVD | (05/07/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Directed by Leonard Nimoy and starring off-the-wall comedian Gene Wilder as New York cartoonist Duffy Bergman 'Funny About Love' is about Bergman's desire to father a child and the surreal and slightly obscure elements of being in love. Wilder's often deranged and paranoid portrayal of one man's desire to enter the realm of parenthood and responsibility reveals a humorous yet touching insight into the battlefield that love can be. Bergman's inability to socially interact with peop

• Blood Feast | DVD | (13/06/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  A weird and grisly ancient rite horrendously brought to life. When Mrs Fremont hires crackpot Egyptian cultist Fuad Ramses to cater at her daughter Suzette's party she commits the culinary catastrophe of the century. With his radical approach to food preparation and absolute insistence upon the most succulent of ingredients Fuad uses his machete to gather his bloody harvest... Herschell Gordon Lewis' classic has been digitally remastered for this release.

• Tiger Warsaw/Split Decision/Whistle Blower/Darrow | DVD | (02/06/2003) from £4.99   |  Saving you £1.00 (20.04%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Tiger WarsawChuck brought sorrow to his family when he shot his father who is now a semi-valid. After15yrs of self destruction Chuck returns home to seek forgiveness.Split DecisionsThe story of a fighting Irish family whose patriarch Dan has ambitious plans for his younger son Eddie to be in the Olympic Boxing Team.The Whistle BlowerA law abiding businessman's world is shattered by the arrival of the police to tell him his son is dead. The father embarks on his own investigation.DarrowIn the 19th Century a charismatic one-time farm hand turned lawyer made a history-making defence of a number of trials that earned him the status of an American hero.

• Devils Hand | DVD | (24/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Robert Alda stars as a man who becomes entranced by the beautiful high-priestess of a voodoo cult. Totally bewitched he realizes that he has to break his own spell when his fiance is kidnapped and due to be sacrificed.

• Jump Tomorrow | DVD | (06/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  In this romantic comedy an unassuming Nigerian-American shys away from his arranged marriage and falls for a friendly young Spanish woman he meets at an airport in New York.

• Death of a Salesman | DVD | (28/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A star studded adaptation of Arthur Miller's classic play about hope failure family and ambition....

• Comedy Greats | DVD | (03/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A "two-plus-one" package from Siren, Comedy Greats features classics from the two greatest silent-screen comics, Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, plus a rather dreary effort from Danny Kaye. Never the most scintillating of comedians, Kaye's personable talents are thinly spread in 1949's The Inspector General. Distantly(!) based on a short story by Russian satirist Nikolay Gogol, this tale of mistaken identity enables Kaye to indulge in obvious wisecracks and not-so-smart dialogue. Sylvia Fine's songs are mildly amusing, and Henry Koster draws capable support from Walter Slezak and Elsa Lanchester, but it's a long haul. When he made Tilli's Punctured Romance in 1914, Charles Chaplin had yet to perfect the "little man" routine which made him the most popular 1920s screen star. His loveable rogue is well displayed opposite Marie Dressler's formidable country maid, whose unexpected windfall becomes the real object of his desire. Mabel Normand contributes an attractively period chic, and if, in the hands of Mack Sennett, the humour tends to fall back on music-hall slapstick, the historical significance of the film is undoubted. Yet it's Buster Keaton's 1928 classic Steamboat Bill Jr which comes out on top here. Keaton is perfectly cast as the put upon student, whose bravery saves both his father and his steamboat-owning rival, and wins the hand of the latter's daughter. Solid support comes from Ernest Torrence and the winsome Marion Byron, with Charles Riesner getting maximum drama from the cyclone sequence, but it's Keaton's soulful expression and breathtaking stuntwork which are the most potent reminders of a talent only later to receive its due. On the DVD: Comedy Greats is acceptably remastered, with 1.33:1 aspect ratio and 12 chapter headings per film, and decently packaged, this is worth acquiring--even though Keaton's film is the only one you're likely return to often. --Richard Whitehouse

• Melvin And Howard | DVD | (21/02/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Based on the true story of Melvin Dummar (Paul Le Mat) an affable all-American loser whose miserable luck changes when he gives a ride to the eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes (superbly played by Jason Robards). Melvin is a nice guy but to be honest he doesn't have much luck in life. He's impractical and although not unemployable finds it incredibly difficult to hold down a job. One night by chance though Melvin comes across a stranger in the desert who has suffered a motorcycle accident. To Melvin's amusement the old - and seemingly insane - man claims to be Howard Hughes the eccentric millionaire. After helping the old man Melvin thinks no more of the instance and continues about his dreary existance ; that is until a few years later when Melvin receives a letter informing him he has inherited an eighth of a one Howard Hughes' estate the small matter of 0 million dollars... Without doubt one of the best films of the 80s winner of 2 Oscars in 1981.

• Watching The Detectives - Vol. 1 | DVD | (29/05/2000) from £10.99   |  Saving you £-1.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The first DVD compilation of its type this features an episode from each of three classic American television police shows. Each episode contains a special guest star; Ironside 'Tagged for Murder' with Bruce Lee Columbo 'A Stitch in Crime' with Leonard Nimoy and Kojak 'The Birthday Party' with none other than Richard Gere. COLUMBO: A STITCH IN CRIME Dr Barry Mayfield (Leonard Nimoy) is a brilliant young heart surgeon on the staff of a major Los Angeles Hospital. However he cannot accept that the hospital's senior heart specialist the revered Dr Edmund Hiedeman has invited a foreign specialist to help them with their work on a drug that will combat transplant rejection. Veteran Nurse Sharon Martin believes that Mayfield is a cold opportunist who would like to take all the credit for the research project. Even she doesn't know how far he will go to reach his goal. IRONSIDE: TAGGED FOR MURDER When George Bellingham is electrocuted in his own pool Detective Sgt Ed Brown refuses to accept the accidental death verdict and discusses his suspicions with Ironside. They track down a series of mysterious numbers on the dead mans watch which leads them to some former friends of Bellingham's including a retired general who tells the strange story of a robbery in the closing days of the war. With special guest star Bruce Lee. KOJAK: BIRTHDAY PARTY Kojak's young niece Ellena is kidnapped during her birthday picnic by an unidentified woman. The kidnappers call Kojak's office threatening the safety of the child unless one of their accomplices being held for the murder of a policeman is released immediately from the precinct house. A furious Kojak works against the clock to discover the identity of the kidnappers and save his niece. With special guest star Richard Gere.

• Cartoon Crazys - Roger Ramjet | DVD | (22/10/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The internationally famous good guy! Renowned across the universe Roger protects law-abiding citizens from the dastardly plots of Noodles Romanoff and his evil crime organisation N.A.S.T.Y. Armed with his power-packed proton pill Roger has the strength of twenty atomic bombs and the charisma to become the favourite super-hero of kids all over the world.!

• Shock Corridor | DVD | (27/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Seeking a Pulitzer a reporter has himself committed to a mental hospital to investigate a murder. As he closes in on the killer madness closes in on him. Writer/ director/ producer Sam Fuller masterfully charts the uneasy terrain between sanity and dementia.

• Howard Hughes Story | DVD | (20/08/2007) from £29.14   |  Saving you £-6.15 (-26.80%)   |  RRP £22.99

  The factual biography of the man who as a boy designed aeroplanes and went on to build a business empire of airlines hotels ans casinos and as a filmmaker produced some of Hollywood's most enduring films including Hell's Angels Scarface and The Outlaw. Yet behind the glamour the fame and the fabulous there lurked a darker side a sick isolated and deeply unhappy man who hid behind his image and ended up a prisoner of his own insanity.

• The Inspector General | DVD | (23/06/2003) from £9.35   |  Saving you £7.64 (81.71%)   |  RRP £16.99

  In this delightful period farce set in Russia in the 1800's Danny Kaye plays and illiterate buffoon who is mistaken by the villagers for their feared Inspector General. Hilarious situations ensue as Danny is caught up in court intrigue without having a clue of what is going on.

• French Connection - Book & DVD | DVD | (08/08/2005) from £14.71   |  Saving you £1.28 (8.70%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Narcotics cop Popeye Doyle pits his wits against an international drugs ring attempting to infiltrate New York despite official warnings to back off... All-time classic action thriller (with a remarkable car chase below the elevated railway!) which won five Oscars in 1971.

• The Hunting Party | DVD | (08/09/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  To cattle baron Brandt Ruger (Hackman) his beautiful wife Melissa (Bergen) is just one of his possessions. So when notorious bandit Frank Calder (Reed) kidnaps Melissa Ruger isn't concerned about her - he's enraged that someone stole from him. Melissa finds her captor quite kind but Ruger is organizing a posse to hunt down the pair and recover his property-dead or alive!

• Singin' In The Rain Ultimate Collection Edition | Blu Ray | (25/04/2022) from £34.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Devil Bat, The / The Corpse Vanishes | DVD | (16/05/2005) from £12.15   |  Saving you £4.84 (39.84%)   |  RRP £16.99

  In the Forties the studios of Hollywood's Poverty Row used Bela Lugosi to lure audience into theatres. The dark promise of Lugosi's name never ceased to pack them in.Lugosi made nine pictures for Sam Katzman and Monogram. The Corpse Vanishes (1942) might be the best. Bela's a scientist (aided by a sinister dwarf) who used the bodily fluids of virgin brides in his attempts to keep his ancient wife alive. This is just one of many many films Wallace Fox directed for Monogra

• Gene - Rising For Sunset | DVD | (26/05/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  1. Does He Have A Name? 2. Fill Her Up3. The British Disease4. You Love It Lies5. You6. London Can You Wait?7. Where Are They Now?8. As Good As It Gets9. Rising For Sunset10. For The Dead11. Mayday12. Be My Light Be My Guide13. We'll Get What We Deserve14. Olympian15. You'll Never Walk Again16. Fighting Fit17. Truth Rest Your Head18. Speak To Me Someone19. Sleep Well Tonight20. Somewhere In The World

• Titanic/The Poseidon Adventure | DVD | (21/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.99

  The Titanic (Dir. Jean Negulesco 1953): Determined to remove her family from the superficial high society world in which her husband Richard (Clifton Webb) is engrossed Julia Sturges (Barbara Stanwyck) boards the R.M.S. Titanic in England on its maiden voyage to America along with her two children. Learning of her plans however Richard purchases a steerage ticket aboard the ship in hopes of reconciling with his family. But when fate ice and an overzealous ship captain step in the Sturges family faces an unimaginable challenge - the possibility of separation from one another forever. This classic based on the true-life history of the famed ocean liner remains one of the most poignant well-crafted films of all time. Winner of the 1953 Oscar for Best Screenplay. The Poseidon Adventure (Dir. Ronald Neame 1972): One of the most gripping escape films of all time follows ten survivors as they struggle to escape from an ocean liner capsized by a tidal wave. Suspenseful terror combined with the victims' intimate and personal stories results in compelling and heart-stopping drama. The distinguished talents of 15 Academy Award winners along with the incredible special effects make this film a true classic.