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• Offenbach: La Vie Parisienne | DVD | (14/02/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Offenbach's 1867 La Vie Parisienne is perhaps the quintessential French comic operetta: a broad satire on Paris society set against the backdrop of the 1867 Exposition and the descent of easily lampooned foreigners on to the city; sharp moments that Molière would be proud of; undercurrents of quick-fire farce, confusion, lust and mistaken identity; and a rich cast of characters racing inexorably to a can-can finale. This 1991 production by the Lyon National Opera presents a welcome opportunity to revel in a uniquely Gallic confection rarely seen outside France. It's also a chance to enjoy one of Offenbach's most inventive, melodic scores in which the starring musical role and many of the best tunes go to the orchestra, here conducted by Jean-Yves Ossonce. This is no accident: the operetta was originally created for a company of actors who relied on pastiche and the composer's help to get them through their "numbers". Not so these singers, of course. As Metella, the languorous courtesan who is responsible for the unravelling debacle, Helene Delavault is in meltingly good voice for her show-stopping rondeau, "A minuit sonnant commence la fete". Her sparring suitors Gardefeu (Jean-Francois Sivadier) and, particularly, Bobinet (Jacques Verzier) combine marvellous visual comedy with fluid singing and there is some dazzling vocal work from the supporting cast. It's a long piece, but hugely enjoyable. On the DVD: La Vie Parisienne has the usual, excellent booklet notes of ArtHaus DVD releases, which go some way to compensate for a disappointing lack of extras. Time, surely, to introduce some on-screen history or cross-references to other relevant works. The picture quality is good and sharp, although the 4:3 format does little justice to Carlo Tommasi's sweeping, stylish sets. The PCM Stereo soundtrack provides an adequate orchestral experience while managing to muffle much of the spoken dialogue. --Piers Ford

• Django - Den Colt an der Kehle - Mediabook - Cover B (+ DVD) | Blu Ray | (23/09/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• All the Colors of the Dark | Blu Ray | (29/01/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Keith Richards - Live at the Hollywood Palladium | DVD | (09/12/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Live At The Hollywood Palladium December 15 1988 1. Take It So Hard 2. How I Wish 3. I Could Have Stood Up 4. Too Rude 5. Make No Mistake 6. Time Is On My Side 7. Big Enough 8. Whip It Up 9. Locked Away 10. Struggle 11. Happy 12. Connection

• Dead Meat | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  It's not what you eat it's who you eat! Writer-director Conor McMahon attempts a one-man Irish horror movie revival with his genuinely frightening and purposely hilarious low-budget zombie film Dead Meat. Hell on Earth is unleashed when a mutated strain of mad cow disease infects the countryside turning people into ravenous flesh eating zombies. Caught amid the cahos is Helena a young Spanish tourist and Desmond the local grave digger. Together this unlikely duo m

• Eaten Alive (Beyond Terror) | DVD | (05/10/2009) from £12.13   |  Saving you £-2.14 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Umberto Lenzi (CANNIBAL FEROX) directed this atrocious cannibal/religious cult exploitation feature that has become a cult favorite for its awful dialogue countless scenes of unintentional comedy copious gore and a wealth of footage lifted from other cannibal films. Filmed not long after the Jonestown tragedy in Guyana director Lenzi tries his hand at topicality by having the film revolve around an insane religious leader named Jonas who has taken a small cult of people from America and moved them into a camp in New Guinea that is located right in the middle of cannibal country. When a woman named Diana sends her sister Sheila mysterious footage of an apparently cannibalistic ritual taking place at the camp Sheila becomes determined to rescue her. Arriving in New Guinea Sheila hires an ex-G.I. to help her put together an expedition to the camp with the intention of forcibly removing Diana.

• Nothing But A Man | DVD | (08/09/2008) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-5.59 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A landmark independent film Nothing But A Man is one of the most sincere and sensitive pictures ever made about the struggles and hardships of Black life in 1960s America. Lauded by critics at the Venice and New York Film Festivals when it first premiered in 1963 this quietly moving beautiful film remains as relevant and powerful today as it was then. Set against the stirrings of the civil rights movement and a rising wave of burgeoning Black price A landmark independent film Nothing But A Man is one of the most sincere and sensitive pictures ever made about the struggles and hardships of Black life in 1960s America. Lauded by critics at the Venice and New York Film Festivals when it first premiered in 1963 this quietly moving beautiful film remains as relevant and powerful today as it was then. Set against the stirrings of the civil rights movement and a rising wave of burgeoning Black price Nothing But A Man tells the story of Duff a railroad section hand who is forced to confront racial prejudice and self-denial when he falls in love with Josie an educated preacher's daughter. Starring Ivan Dixon (Porgy and Bess A Raisin in the Sun) and jazz great Abbey Lincoln in performances Siskel & Ebert called ""terrific "" it is ultimately an uplifting story about a man and a s woman whose love overcomes racial and class barriers. The original soundtrack features Motown stars Stevie Wonder Mary Wells Martha and the Vandellas The Miracles and The Marvelettes. From acclaimed director Michael Roemer Nothing But A Man is a devastatingly powerful film about living life without the basic necessities of dignity and respect. Watching this film we are forced to confront not only what we were but what we are how far we've come and how far we still have to go. To celebrate its 40th anniversary this groundbreaking American classic is available for the first time ever on DVD. tells the story of Duff a railroad section hand who is forced to confront racial prejudice and self-denial when he falls in love with Josie an educated preacher's daughter. Starring Ivan Dixon (Porgy and Bess A Raisin in the Sun) and jazz great Abbey Lincoln in performances Siskel & Ebert called ""terrific "" it is ultimately an uplifting story about a man and a s woman whose love overcomes racial and class barriers. The original soundtrack features Motown stars Stevie Wonder Mary Wells Martha and the Vandellas The Miracles and The Marvelettes. From acclaimed director Michael Roemer Nothing But A Man is a devastatingly powerful film about living life without the basic necessities of dignity and respect. Watching this film we are forced to confront not only what we were but what we are how far we've come and how far we still have to go. To celebrate its 40th anniversary this groundbreaking American classic is available for the first time ever on DVD.

• Discopath | DVD | (04/05/2015) from £5.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (60.00%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Set in the mid 1970 s, Discopath is a slasher about Duane Lewis, a man who transforms into a crazed serial killer whenever he catches the relentless rhythm of disco! As Duane flees New York, desperate to escape the disco craze, his murderous tendencies explode again in a whirlwind of bloody violence and groovy beats. Bathed in the shimmering daze of the 1970s, Discopath is a loving and hypnotic celebration of gory, classic horror mixed with an irresistible disco sound.

• Eaten Alive | DVD | (18/02/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  If you are a fan of Tobe Hooper's classic film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre then you are in for a treat. This was Hooper's follow-up film to Chainsaw. In fact it features the same damsel-in-distress Marilyn Burns and was co-written by Chainsaw collaborator Kim Henkel. An Academy of Science Fiction and Horror nominee Eaten Alive is a very disturbing movie and features some of the most truly horrific scenes ever filmed. Judd (Neville Brand) is the owner of a dilapidated motel buried deep in the bayou that caters to strangers passing through. Unfortunately for the guests he also caters to his pet alligator's veracious appetite. Eaten Alive also features a very early performance by Robert Englund (Elm Street's Freddy Krueger)

• Subspecies - The Awakening | DVD | (11/08/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The most savage vampires of all time return to fight for the Bloodstone. Michelle and her friend journey to find the vampire slayer who promises to free them from their thirst.

• Strauss: Die Fledermaus -- Bavarian State Opera | DVD | (19/03/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

• Russian Opera At The Bolshoi - The Vintage Years | DVD | (08/11/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  This fascinating programme vividly illustrates the glorious history of the Bolshoi Opera: the theatre itself its operatic productions and the world-renowned star singers that it has produced over the years. The programme reveals many jewels in the Russian archives from the Twenties to the Seventies with stills audio recordings and archive footage featuring early scenes of Fyodor Chaliapin Ivan Kozlovsky Mark Reizen and Sergei Lemeshev right through to more recent stars such as Vl

• Heidi Fleiss - Hollywood Madame | DVD | (07/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Broomfield pursues famed Hollywood Madam Heidi Fleiss for an elusive interview. In the process he uncovers her previous existence and a wild lifestyle. Along the way he meets a bizarre group of associates including Ivan Nagy a producer and supposedly former boyfriend who has a Svengali- like hold over Heidi. We also meet Madam Alex her money guzzling mentor and Victoria Sellers daughter of Peter Sellars.

• Daddy, I'm A Zombie! | Blu Ray | (03/02/2014) from £3.49   |  Saving you £11.50 (76.70%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Join Dixie and friends on a spooky adventure to the land of the dead! Dixie is a rebellious teenager who always wanted to be different. You should be careful what you wish for because something was about to happen that would change her life forever! One night during a ferocious storm Dixie is knocked unconscious and awakens to find she has been transformed into a zombie! Accompanied by her new friends Vitriol the wise zombie sage Isis a highly superstitious Egyptian mummy princess and Gonner a pirate cabin boy Dixie must now travel across the land of Azoth and defeat the evil zombie witch Nubulosa to find her way home!

• Darkwalker | DVD | (15/12/2003) from £9.98   |  Saving you £10.01 (100.30%)   |  RRP £19.99

  It's Halloween at Hobb's Grove. Seven teenagers start working as tour guides in a haunted amusement park. When they begin to disappear one by one they discover an unspeakable monster that walks the grounds. Can they unravel the mystery of the Dark Walker before it's too late?

• Bloodsport 4 | DVD | (10/02/2000) from £15.97   |  Saving you £-5.98 (-59.90%)   |  RRP £9.99

• A Long Weekend In Pest And Buda | DVD | (04/12/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The third in a series of his films on Second Run DVD director Kroly Makk reunites with Mari Trcsik and Ivn Darvas who starred in his classic 'Love' from 30 years before. A film that asks questions about life memory and how we reinvent ourselves. Emotionally mature and profoundly moving.

• Vengeance Trail | DVD | (27/05/2002) from £6.49   |  Saving you £9.49 (271.14%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In this vintage Spaghetti Western young boy Jeremiah Bridger witnesses the massacre of his parents and little sister by Indians. He grows into a vengeful hate-filled young man (Leonard Mann) killing Indians and selling their scalps. After capturing a beautiful Indian girl Jeremiah falls foul of two of local businessman Perkins' (Ivan Rassimov) henchmen. Shot and bleeding Jeremiah is healed by travelling quack Doc (Steffen Zacharias) who also informs him that Indians doesn't m

• Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana / Leoncavallo: Pagliacci | DVD | (14/01/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

• Long Distance | DVD | (11/06/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A Very Wrong Number. In this chilling psychological thriller the provocative Monica Keena stars as a young lonely woman who accidentally interrupts a murder in progress when she dials a wrong number. When the killer played by the sinister Kevin Chapman (Ladder 49 Snitch) calls her back repeatedly she grows terrified as he involves her telephonically in a string of gruesome homicides that cut a murderous path across the country - leading to her Boston home. In the disturbing tradition of When A Stranger Calls this chilling tale slowly tightens its grip on the psyche and has the audience squirming in their seats until the final shocking scene.