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• Anatomy Of A Murder | DVD | (20/08/2001) from £9.98   |  Saving you £12.00 (150.19%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Anatomy of a Murder, Otto Preminger's 1959 film of the novel by Robert Traver (a pen name for a Michigan Supreme Court Justice), was controversial in its day for making frank on-screen use of then-unheard words such as "panties", "rape" and "spermatogenesis"--and it remains a trenchant, bitter, tough, witty dissection of the American legal system. With its striking Saul Bass title design and jazzy Duke Ellington score, Anatomy of a Murder takes a sophisticated approach unusual for a Hollywood film of its vintage. Most radically, it refuses to show the murder or any of the private scenes recounted in court, leaving it up to us to decide along with the jury whether the grumpy and unconcerned Lieutenant Frederick Manion (Ben Gazzara) was or was not subject to an "irresistible impulse" tantamount to insanity when he shot dead Barney Quill, the bear-like bar owner alleged to have raped Manion's teasing trailer-trash wife Laura (Lee Remick in unfeasibly tight trousers). James Stewart plays Paul "Polly" Biegler a former District Attorney keen to get back into court to clash with the political dullard who replaced him in office. Biegler is supported by the skills of his snide secretary (Eve Arden) and boozy-but-brilliant research partner (Arthur O'Connell). For the prosecution, the befuddled local DA hauls in Dancer (George C Scott), a prissy legal eagle from the local big city whose sharp-suited, sly elegance makes an interesting clash with Biegler's "aw-shucks" jimmy-stewartian conniving. This is simply the best trial movie ever made, with a real understanding of the way lawyers have to be not only great actors but stars, assuming personalities that exaggerate their inner selves and weighing every outburst and objection for the effect it has on the poor saps in the jury box. On the DVD: The print is letterboxed to 1.85:1, but it's a bit of a cheat since that seems to involve trimming the top and bottom of the image (losing the steps under and the clouds above the Columbia lady in the opening titles), though the film isn't seriously hurt by a tighter look at the action. Also included are: an Ellington-scored photo montage, soundtracks in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish with subtitles in ten languages, filmographies for director and principal cast, original advertising (highlighting Saul Bass' poster designs, a trailer and more trailers for more Columbia Jimmy Stewart or courtroom films. --Kim Newman

• The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia | DVD | (03/03/2014) from £4.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (220.44%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Building on the terror of The Haunting in Connecticut this horrifying tale traces a young family's nightmarish descent into a centuries-old Southern hell. When Andy Wyrick (Chad Michael Murray House of Wax) moves his wife Lisa (Abigail Spencer TV's Mad Men) and daughter Heidi to a historic home in Georgia they quickly discover they are not the house's only inhabitants. Joined by Lisa's free spirited sister Joyce (Katee Sackhoff TV's Battlestar Galactica) the family soon comes face-to-face with a bone-chilling mystery born of a deranged desire... a haunting secret rising from underground and threatening to bring down anyone in its path. Special Features: Seeing Ghosts Featurette Outtakes Deleted Scenes (With Optional Filmmaker Commentary)

• Speak No Evil Blu-Ray | Unknown | (10/02/2025) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  After befriending a British couple with a mute son, Americans Ben and Louise accept an unusual invitation to bring their daughter for a weekend at an idyllic country estate. Yet when they discover their hosts are hiding sinister motives, Ben and Louise fear their family may be pawns in a disturbing plot.Led by a riveting performance from James McAvoy (Split, Glass) as a charismatic man masking unspeakable darkness, a dream holiday warps into an unnerving nightmare in this shocking thriller from Blumhouse, producers of The Black Phone.Bonus Features:¢ Nuclear Families¢ A Horrifying Crescendo¢ The Farmhouse of Horrors

• The Cell | DVD | (12/03/2001) from £3.27   |  Saving you £17.98 (894.53%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Jennifer Lopez stars in this dazzling thriller as a psychologist who must journey into the mind of a comatose serial killer to save the life of his latest victim.

• Amityville II - The Possession | DVD | (18/06/2012) from £5.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Amityville II: The Possession tells the 'true' story of the Montelli's, a dysfunctional Catholic family who arrive in the Amityville house two years before the Lutz's of the first film. Sonny, the eldest son, is horrifically possessed by a sinister supernatural presence rising up from a secret basement room. Instructed by a voice through his Walkman, Sonny seduces his younger sister before brutally slaughtering his entire family. Local priest, Father Adamski, tries to rescue Sonny's soul and returns to the sinister Amityville house to face the demon...

• Ordinary People | DVD | (02/12/2002) from £4.89   |  Saving you £8.10 (165.64%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Robert Redford made his Oscar-winning directorial debut with this highly acclaimed, poignantly observant drama (based on the novel by Judith Guest) about a well-to-do family's painful adjustment to tragedy. Mary Tyler Moore and Donald Sutherland play a seemingly happy couple who lose the elder of their two sons to a boating accident; Timothy Hutton plays the surviving teenage son, who blames himself for his brother's death and has attempted suicide to end his pain. They live in a meticulously kept home in an affluent Chicago suburb, never allowing themselves to speak openly of the grief that threatens to tear them apart. Only when the son begins to see a psychiatrist (Judd Hirsch) does the veneer of denial begin to crack, and Ordinary People thenceforth directly examines the broken family ties and the complexity of repressed emotions that have festered under the pretence of coping. Superior performances and an Oscar-winning script by Alvin Sargent make this one of the most uncompromising dramas ever made about the psychology of dysfunctional families. There are moments--particularly related to Mary Tyler Moore's anguished performance as a woman incapable of expressing her deepest emotions--when this film is both intensely involving and heartbreakingly real. No matter how happy and healthy your upbringing was, there's something in this excellent film that everyone can relate to. --Jeff Shannon

• Facing the Giants | DVD | (02/04/2007) from £5.38   |  Saving you £14.61 (271.56%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Never give up. Never back down. Never lose faith. In six years of high school football coach Grant Taylor has never led his Shiloh Eagles to a winning season. When faced with seemingly insurmountable professional and personal crises the idea of giving up has never come easier. It's only after an unexpected visitor challenges him to trust in the power of faith that he discovers the strength to persevere.

• The Thick Of It Collection | DVD | (19/04/2010) from £4.98   |  Saving you £30.01 (602.61%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Featuring every series special episode and bonus extra of the BAFTA and British Comedy award winning series. Welcome to the Ministry for Social Affairs and Citizenship (DoSAC) a government department barely registering on the Today Programme radar but high-profile enough to receive the attentions of Malcolm Tucker the government's director of communications whose ferocity is only matched by his skill in delivering incredible foul-mouthed tirades. Successive ministers (Hugh Abbott and Nicola Murray) and their backroom team lie backstab and hopelessly bluff their way through gaffes crises Prime Ministerial resignations and possible election dates - only thankful that Shadow minister Peter Mannion also has little idea what is going on... Irreverent brilliantly sweary and painfully funny this series smashes its way through the corridors of power in a bulldozer of hilarious farce and sharp satire.

• Joker | Blu Ray | (10/02/2020) from £6.79   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Joker is an original, standalone story. Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix), a man disregarded by society, is not only a gritty character study, but also a broader cautionary tale. Extras Becoming Joker - Watch the haunting evolution of Arthur Fleck to Joker with this peek into the costume test process. Joker: A Chronicle of Chaos-Through a series of photos shot on-set, explore the production of Joker through a new lens. Joker: Vision & Fury-Todd Phillips, Joaquin Phoenix, and others take you inside the seedy underbelly of their Gotham for this comprehensive look at the making of Joker.

• Westworld: Season 2 | Blu Ray | (03/12/2018) from £15.81   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In the first season, the hosts didn't understand the nature of their reality. They didn't have an element of choice. All that changes with the pull of a trigger. In Season Two, chaos takes control as the rancher's daughter, Dolores Abernathy (series star EVAN RACHEL WOOD) takes charge, Maeve Millay (series star THANDIE NEWTON) is on a mission and the mysterious Man in Black (series star ED HARRIS) is back. A dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness, the birth of a new form of life on Earth, and the evolution of sin, the series also stars JEFFREY WRIGHT, JAMES MARSDEN, TESSA THOMPSON, LUKE HEMSWORTH, RODRIGO SANTORO and more.

• Tom's Midnight Garden | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £7.29   |  Saving you £5.70 (78.19%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Tom's Midnight Garden is the magical tale of a young boy who is transported to a mysterious world of times past. 14-year-old Tom is sent to stay with his Aunt and Uncle for the summer to avoid catching measles from his brother. One night on hearing the grandfather clock strike 13 he sets off to explore and discovers the house has been transformed. He investigates further and opens the door to a magical sunlit garden of a bygone age where he meets Hatty a young orphan girl and begins an incredible adventure. Based on Philippa Pearce's timeless fantasy Tom's Midnight Garden stars Greta Scacchi James Wilby and David Bradley who later starred as Argus Filch in the Harry Potter series.

• X-Men: Days of Future Past - Rogue Cut | Blu Ray | (13/07/2015) from £54.99   |  Saving you £-30.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Please note this is a region B Blu-ray and will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play.  With a never-before-seen, alternate cut of the film plus a host of incredible special features, X-Men: Days of Future Past - The Rogue Cut takes you deeper into the X-Men universe than ever before. Rogue makes her return as the all-star characters from the original X-Men film trilogy join forces with their younger selves and unite to battle armies of murderous Sentinel robots who are hunting down mutants and humans alike!

• The Wild | DVD | (18/09/2006) from £9.15   |  Saving you £8.84 (96.61%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Animals from the New York Zoo head into the city to rescue a friend in this CGI comedy-adventure.

• We Still Kill The Old Way | DVD | (26/12/2014) from £3.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (300.75%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When retired East End villain CHARLIE ARCHER is murdered by a feral street gang his brother RITCHIE returns to London from Spain to investigate. With the police investigation drawing blank after blank Ritchie decides to take the law into his own hands and bring his old school justice back to the streets of East London. Rounding up his old firm he leads a vigilante crusade against the vicious young criminals using every grizzly method at his disposal to find and punish his brother’s killers. They’re outgunned and outnumbered but this firm has never been outclassed yet!

• Drugstore Cowboy (Criterion Collection) – UK Only | Blu Ray | (10/03/2025) from £22.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Gus Van Sant's dreamy, drifty, deadpan second featurean addiction drama based on James Fogle's autobiographical novelcaptures the zonked-out textures and almost surreal absurdity of a life lived fix to fix. Swinging between dope-fueled disconnection and edgy paranoia, Matt Dillon plays the leader of a ragtag crew (also featuring Kelly Lynch, Heather Graham, and James Le Gros) that robs pharmacies for pills, coasting across the 1970s Pacific Northwest while trying to outrun sobriety and fate. With a brilliant supporting turn from counterculture high priest William S. Burroughs and a lyrical feeling for the streetscapes of Van Sant's hometown of Portland, Oregon, Drugstore Cowboy cemented the director's status as a preeminent poet of outsiderhood.Film Info¢ United States¢ 1989¢ 102 minutes¢ Color¢ 1.85:1¢ English¢ Spine #1251

• Tourist Trap | Blu Ray | (23/06/2025) from £16.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  101 Films presents eerie mannequin horror Tourist Trap (1979). A massively underrated piece of late 70s genre cinema. Tourist Trap combines elements of both the supernatural and slasher subgenres to horrifying effect. Long overdue for reappraisal, Tourist Trap is now rightfully recognised as a macabre masterpiece of horror cinema.A group of unsuspecting young travellers stumbles upon Slausen's Lost Oasis, an eerie, long-abandoned wax museum hidden deep in the countryside. What begins as an innocent detour soon turns into a nightmarish trap, as they discover the sinister secrets lurking within its crumbling walls. Presiding over this grotesque sideshow is the enigmatic Mr. Slausen, a seemingly harmless caretaker harbouring a terrifying obsession. As the night unfolds, the travellers are plunged into macabre and sordid chambers of horror where wax figures come to life, and escape is nothing more than an illusion.SPECIAL FEATURESBrand new extras:Dolls, Toys, Mannequins! - Interview with Full Moon founder Charles BandTexas Tourist Trap! - Interview with editor Ted NicolaouThey're Alive! - Interview with actress Jocelyn JonesHoliday Horror - Interview with film critic Chris AlexanderArchive extras:Audio commentary with director David SchmoellerInterview with director David SchmoellerTrailer

• Spider-Man | DVD | (25/11/2002) from £5.99   |  Saving you £19.00 (317.20%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Marvel comics' most famous superhero in the bggest movie of 2002!

• Zulu | DVD | (18/11/2002) from £7.19   |  Saving you £10.06 (169.65%)   |  RRP £15.99

  One of the last of the classic-era widescreen epics, Zulu was also one of the last war movies to celebrate the virtues of the famous British stiff upper lip. At Rorke's Drift in 1879 a handful of British soldiers, hopelessly outnumbered by 4,000 Zulu warriors, fought one of the most celebrated defensive actions in military history. Zulu tells the story on an epic scale, bringing to life the heroism, courage, loyalty and sacrifice of those desperate hours. This is truly cast-of-thousands filmmaking, with vast action wonderfully captured in widescreen Technirama. John Barry, who also scored Goldfinger in the same year, provides a telling musical accompaniment. The superb cast includes Stanley Baker and Jack Hawkins, but Zulu's final claim to fame is that it made an instant international superstar of a young actor whose name is Michael Caine. A belated sequel arrived in 1979 in Zulu Dawn, which despite even more spectacular action and a great cast died at the box-office. It is nevertheless well worth seeing. On the DVD: Zulu on disc has excellent prologic stereo considering the age of the film, while the anamorphically enhanced 2.35:1 transfer is crystal-clear, boasting rich colours, strong contrast and detail and only occasional minor print flaws. The original American trailer, also presented anamorphically enhanced at 2.35:1, is a worthwhile addition. There is a very good new 45-minute "making of" (1.77:1 anamorphic, in stereo), curiously split into two parts. The heart of the programme consists of interviews with survivors from the film, focusing on Stanley Baker's widow. The only let down is lack of input from Michael Caine and composer John Barry. The commentary by film historian Sheldon Hall, author of a forthcoming book on the movie, and Second Unit Director Robert Porter is serious and packed with information. --Gary S Dalkin

• The Drop | DVD | (23/03/2015) from £5.49   |  Saving you £14.50 (264.12%)   |  RRP £19.99

  THE DROP follows lonely bartender Bob Saginowski (Tom Hardy) through a covert scheme of funnelling cash to local gangsters - "money drops" - in the underworld of Brooklyn bars.

• Battlestar Galactica - The Complete Series | Blu Ray | (21/09/2009) from £37.19   |  Saving you £-2.19 (N/A%)   |  RRP £35.00

  The complete set of all five series of the TV smash hit Battlestar Galactica. Following a devastating attack on their homeworlds the only surviving humans of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol cross the galaxy in a space convoy headed by the Battleship Galactica. In hot pursuit are the ruthless Cylons powerful robots who turned on their human creators and brought about the near annihilation of mankind. The voyagers' last hope is to find the fabled 13th colony: Earth. But with their nemeses in hot pursuit and the revelation that the artificial machines now have the ability to take human form it's going to be very far from an easy quest.