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• This Is Spinal Tap | DVD | (16/10/2000) from £19.95   |  Saving you £0.04 (0.20%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The classic 'rockumentary' follows a waning fictional English rock band on their last tour of the US.

• A Year In Provence | DVD | (25/04/2005) from £15.99   |  Saving you £-10.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Writer Peter Mayle's autobiographical adventurous account of the first year he and his wife spent in Provence is brought wonderfully to life in this BBC adaptation starring John Thaw and Lindsay Duncan. Having decided to leave their jobs London and the rat race behind them the Mayles head of to the South of France seduced by the prospect of the idyllic countryside the simple rural way of life great food fine wines and sun. However everything is not quite as they imagined it to be and one comic situation follows another as they brave mistral winds truffle season and mafia involvement while a succession of colourful characters constantly interrupt their plan for a quiet life...

• The Closet | DVD | (23/09/2002) from £13.63   |  Saving you £6.36 (46.66%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A film about society's attitude to sexuality, with a lighthearted dig at political correctness gone mad, The Closet is French farce in the tradition of Moliere: a man pretends to be something he's not, people begin treating him differently, his lie escalates out of all proportion, and comedy ensues. Francois Pignon (Daniel Auteuil) is a dull, divorced accountant in a French rubber-processing factory whose primary product is condoms. The morning of the company photograph he overhears he is going to be fired. After half-heartedly trying to kill himself, he meets his new next-door neighbour who suggests a plot that will keep him from losing his job: he should pretend he's gay, and the neighbour will doctor the photographs and send them to his boss to prove it. The comedy springs from people's reactions to Pignon's alleged homosexuality. The managing director puts him on a Gay Pride parade float with a condom on his head, his estranged son suddenly thinks he's cool, his female boss catches on to the scam and begins to think that Pignon is not as banal as she first thought, and the homophobic, macho personnel director--a great performance from Gerard Depardieu--discovers his sensitive side. It's well directed by Francis Veber (writer of the original Three Fugitives), who moves the gentle action along masterfully, providing some laugh-out-loud moments and getting some great performances from his ensemble cast. Overall, it's an uplifting comedy about prejudice and how a Mr Nobody becomes a somebody. --Kristen Bowditch

• Spartacus | Blu Ray | (24/03/2025) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Arsenic and Old Lace | DVD | (27/01/2020) from £10.33   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Shane | Blu Ray | (06/06/2016) from £11.49   |  Saving you £4.50 (39.16%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Consciously crafted by director George Stevens as a piece of American myth making, Shane is on nearly everyone's shortlist of great movie Westerns. A buckskin knight, Shane (Alan Ladd) rides into the middle of a range war between farmers and cattlemen, quickly siding with the "sod-busters". While helping a kindly farmer (Van Heflin), Shane falls platonically in love with the man's wife (Jean Arthur, in the last screen performance of a marvellous career). Though the showdowns are exciting, and the story simple but involving, what most people will remember about this movie is the friendship between the stoical Shane and the young son of the farmers. The kid is played by Brandon De Wilde, an amazing child performer; his parting scene with Shane is guaranteed to draw tears from even the most stony-hearted moviegoer. And speaking of stony hearts, Jack Palance made a sensational impression as the evil gunslinger sent to clean house--he has fewer lines of dialogue than he has lines in his magnificently craggy face, but he makes them count. The photography, highlighting the landscape near Jackson Hole, Wyoming, won an Oscar. --Robert Horton

• Mare of Easttown | Blu Ray | (13/09/2021) from £16.15   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  An HBO limited series focused on family and community, Mare of Easttown stars Kate Winslet as Mare Sheehan, a respected small-town Pennsylvania detective investigating a brutal local murder while also balancing her own personal life, which is rapidly falling apart around her.Considered a local hero for a game-clinching jump shot on her high school basketball team, Mare is the sole detective on her police force, which spends most of its time handling drug-related offenses. Behind the scenes, Mare is dealing with the unaddressed loss of her son, running a busy household filled with her mother, teenage daughter, and grandson, and an ex-husband who lives a stone's throw away with his new fiance.As pressure mounts to solve a missing person's case growing increasingly cold, the murder of a teen girl finds Mare obsessed with bringing the killer to justice in a town where everyone is a potential suspect.

• Footsteps In The Fog | DVD | (10/11/2008) from £21.47   |  Saving you £-11.48 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Stewart Granger and Jean Simmons star in this compelling thriller set in the fog-shrouded streets of Victorian London. As he buries his wife in a rain-soaked London churchyard, Stephen Lowry (Stewart Granger) thinks he has committed the perfect murder. He's wrong. His quick-witted young maid Lily (Jean Simmons) knows that he secretly poisoned his wife - and she has the proof. Now, as the price of her silence, she wants her mistresses' jewels, her mistresses' fine dresses and - most of all - her master himself. Can Stephen give Lily the love she craves? Can she trust a man who has already murdered once? As Stephen begins to court another woman, the thick London fog suddenly echoes to the cries of 'murder!' Featuring real life husband and wife Stewart Granger and Jean Simmons at the height of their international stardom and now available on DVD for the very first time, Footsteps In the Fog is a first rate murder thriller with shocking twists that will keep you guessing until the very last moments. Includes original theatrical trailer

• The Brothers - The Complete Series 1 | DVD | (23/10/2006) from £16.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (17.66%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Following the death of patriarch Robert Hammond the fallout of his will causes ruptures amongst the brood. While his eldest son Edward (Glyn Owen) prepares to take over the family haulage business Robert's will states that equal shares also be given to his other sons Brian and David as well as his mistress and company secretary Jennifer. Featuring all the episodes from series 1 of The Brothers.

• Shallow Grave | DVD | (17/09/2001) from £7.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (100.13%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Possessed of startlingly fresh performances and a visual style of genuine panache, Shallow Grave was deservedly a BAFTA Best Film winner in 1994. This was clearly a film that deserved attention. Sure enough, the principal talents involved (Director Danny Boyle, Producer Andrew Macdonald, Writer John Hodge and actors Christopher Eccleston and Ewan McGregor) have gone on to huge successes both together (Trainspotting) and apart. The thriller's plot is simple enough: three flatmates take on a fourth (Keith Allen) who unexpectedly dies, leaving a mountain of cash behind. Who are your friends? Who can you trust? How far would you go for money? These are the questions facing Juliet (Kerry Fox), David (Eccleston) and Alex (McGregor) as the scenario spirals out of control around them. Somehow no matter what they do, the decisions seem to lead to one gruesome event after another. The film's often breakneck pace--backed by tunes from Leftfield--quickly became a much-copied style. Most agree that the copies pale beside the original, and this ice-cold morality poser remains the best view of post-80s greed on screen. On the DVD: Although presented in widescreen anamorphic format, both picture and sound are not much better than an average video playback. Add a static menu and just one trailer and this release will probably disappoint today's DVD collector. --Paul Tonks

• Willow | DVD | (05/08/2002) from £6.97   |  Saving you £6.02 (86.37%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Billed as a fantasy to please kids and adults alike in 1988, Willow was revolutionary in its day. Not only did it have a vertically challenged actor (Warwick Davis) as its leading man, it also set new standards for special effects, using the first known "morfing" (sic) systems. To top it all off it combined the talents of two of Hollywood's biggest names, director Ron Howard and writer-producer George Lucas, and changed Val Kilmer's destiny, influencing both his career and love life. In theory all this should have added up to a rip-roaring success of a film. Alas, the end result has been unkindly if accurately described as the bastard son of Lord of the Rings, with Star Wars as its doting mother. The plot line (plucky young man sent off on a quest to protect something which could change the reign of evil) has obvious links to Tolkien's classic; Kilmer's Madmartigan (the diamond in the rough) has distinct similarities to Hans Solo. And with the great advances in modern cinemas special effects, Willow's ferocious two-headed dragons now look like something out of 1963's Jason and the Argonauts. However, even though it marked the end of the road for fantasy films in the 1980s, Willow's combination of locations, set design and groundbreaking SFX set new standards and influenced much modern cinema, including Peter Jackson's epic Lord of the Rings. All in all, this is a movie with its heart, soul and magic in the right place. On the DVD: Willow is brought up to date on DVD with this excellent special effects enhancing anamorphic transfer of the original 2.35:1 screen ratio; the Dolby 5.1 surround sound boosts the power behind Badmorda's roar as well as spotlighting James Horner's swashbuckling score. A lively commentary is offered by Warwick Davis, although he has a tendency to dwell on his own musings rather than the film as a whole. Other features include "The Making of the Adventure", which is a standard TV behind-the-scenes documentary/advert and a wealth of TV spots, trailers and photos. By far the most interesting feature is the "Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Film" documentary including interviews with George Lucas, Ron Howard and Dennis Muren (the renowned special effects guru) on the creation of morphing and its influence on later movies. –-Nikki Disney

• Back To Burgundy | DVD | (23/10/2017) from £9.66   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  After a 10 year absence, Jean returns to his hometown when his father falls ill. Reuniting with his sister Juliette and his brother Jérémie, they have to re-build their relationship and trust as a family again.

• World Noir Vol 4 | Blu Ray | (15/09/2025) from £46.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  While the United States can indisputably lay claim to being the birthplace of film noir, arguably France and French cinema is almost as important to the development of the genre. The term ˜film noir' - literally, ˜dark film' - was first applied to the Hollywood crime movies of the 40s and 50s by French critic Nino Frank, who was believed to have been inspired by the French publishing imprint Serie Noire, which published translated editions of American hardboiled fiction to great commercial success. It was the French who would popularise the use of the term and in turn, create the genre framework that has become so important and influential to the history of cinema.Arguably, the story of noir is one of the cinema of France and the USA in conversation with one another, and presented in this set are three classic French noirs from the 50s and 60s that clearly take their inspiration from the Golden Age of Hollywood noir: Henri Decoin's Chnouf (1955), Édouard Molinaro's Back Against The Wall (1958), and Marcel Bluwal's Paris Pick-up (1962).CHNOUFHenri (Jean Gabin, Touchez pas au grisbi) is brought in following a successful stint in the US to head up operations by gang boss Lisky. Tasked with increasing sales and reforming the drugs distribution network, he unpicks every aspect of the business, but pushers don't want to change and the cops are on his tail. From the creator of Rififi, Auguste Le Breton, and brought to the screen by Henri Decoin (Not Guilty), the influence of American noir is given a French translation as we see the then-nascent drugs trade depicted in remarkable detail. Out of the inky shadows scenery chewing support is given by a rich cast of wonderful character actors including Lino Ventura (Illustrious Corpses), Albert Rémy (The Train) and Magali Noël (Rififi).BACK TO THE WALLJacques, a rich industrialist, sneaks around an apartment where he bundles up and disposes of a dead body. His troubles started three months ago, his wife, Gloria, was having an affair... To get his revenge he sends Gloria anonymous letters in a scheme to turn her against her lover, a scheme that leads to murder. Ingeniously plotted, this methodical noir by Édouard Molinaro (Witness in the City) bathes in atmospheric chiaroscuro while its pulpy thrills, adapted from the novel by Frédéric Dard (Paris Pick-up), keeps the audience guessing until the final moments. Starring Jeanne Moreau (The Bride Wore Black) as the adulterous wife, this twisty noir is made available in the UK for the first time.PARIS PICK-UPRecently released ex-convict Robert Herbin (Robert Hossein, Rififi) meets Marthe (Lea Massari, L'Avventura), a beautiful Italian woman and her daughter. They share some flirtatious glances and then she invites him back to her home where they discover her husband's dead body. Unable to bear witness to a crime due to his parole Robert flees. Guilty about her situation Robert stays close by where he discovers the body has inexplicably disappeared. With its tender depiction of character and relationships director Marcel Bluwal engineers gripping tension with the expertise of Hitchcock or Clouzot. Adapted from the novel by celebrated crime writer Frédéric Dard (Back to the Wall), Paris Pick-up is released for the first time outside of France.BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION BOX SET SPECIAL FEATURES:2K restorations for each film by GaumontOriginal uncompressed mono PCM audio for all filmsNewly improved optional English subtitles for all filmsNewly designed artwork based on original postersLimited edition 80-page perfect bound book featuring archival pieces and new writing by critics and experts including Imogen Sara Smith, Farran Nehme, Jake Cole and moreLimited Edition of 3,000 copies presented in a rigid box with full-height Scanavo cases for each film and removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markingsCHNOUFAudio commentary by Nick Pinkerton (2019)Archival interview with Henri Decoin on Jean Gabin (1960)New visual essay on Chnouf and drugs in film noir by Frank Krutnik (2025)TrailerBACK TO THE WALLNew audio commentary by Daniel Kremer (2025)Archival onset interview with Édouard Molinaro and Gerard Oury (1958)Archival retrospective interview with Édouard Molinaro (2011)TrailerPARIS PICK-UPNew audio commentary by Tim Lucas (2025)Archival interview with director Marcel BluwalArchival behind-the-scenes report on Paris Pick-up (1962)Archival interview with actor Robert Hossein and writer Frédéric Dard about their play (1963)Inspector Leclerc Investigates: The Grey Jackets - episode of 1962 TV crime serial directed by Marcel Bluwal

• Fatman | DVD | (07/12/2020) from £6.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Mel Gibson stars as Chris Cringle in this unorthodox festive action drama. When privileged 12-year-old Billy Wenan (Chance Hurstfield) receives a lump of coal for Christmas he decides to take his revenge out on Santa by hiring an assassin to kill him. As the assassin, known as the Skinny Man (Walter Goggins), makes his way to the North Pole, Chris Cringle reluctantly agrees a deal with the US military to build parts for fighter jets, meanwhile complaining to his wife Ruth (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) about the current state of the holiday season and how it has been usurped by gluttony. With the arrival of the Skinny Man, Chris Cringle must defend himself in a bloody showdown. Will Christmas ever be the same again?

• Lars Von Trier's E-Trilogy - Element Of Crime / Epidemic / Europa | DVD | (22/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Lars Von Trier is considered one of world cinema's great auteurs. His reputation has been built upon controversial and experimental films such as The Idiots Dancer In The Dark and Dogville that often divide audiences. However he found his own unique voice with three early projects which have come to be known as the E-Trilogy: Element of Crime Epidemic and Europa - all dramas concerned with the nature of identity. Element Of Crime (1984

• Bonjour Tristesse (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (18/08/2025) from £19.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Otto Preminger (Bunny Lake Is Missing) directs Bonjour Tristesse, a stylish adaptation of Françoise Sagan's novel, starring Deborah Kerr (The Chalk Garden), David Niven (Bluebeard's Eighth Wife), and Jean Seberg (Lilith).Holidaying on the French Riviera, widower and playboy Raymond (Niven) begins to develop a relationship with staid Anne (Kerr). His manipulative daughter Cécile (Seberg), fearing her behaviour will be curtailed, conspires to come between them, with tragic results...Shot on location by Georges Périnal (The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp) in an innovative mixture of colour and black-and-white photography, Bonjour Tristesse was a favourite film of nouvelle vague filmmakers François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard, with the latter casting Seberg in his debut feature, Breathless.INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES4K restorationOriginal mono audioAudio commentary with critics and writers Glenn Kenny and Farran Smith Nehme (2025)Geoff Andrew on ˜Bonjour Tristesse' (2025): the writer and critic delves into the making of the film and discusses its cast and crewA Charming Little Monster (2016): Denis Westhoff, Françoise Sagan, discusses his mother's best-selling novel and its adaptation for the screenOriginal theatrical trailer Isolated music & effects trackImage gallery: promotional and publicity materialNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Limited edition exclusive booklet with new essay by Peter Cowie, a piece on Françoise Sagan's source novel and its transition to the big screen, a selection of archival materials on the film's production, and overview of contemporary critical responses, and film creditsUK premiere on Blu-rayLimited edition of 3,000 copies for the UKAll features subject to change

• The Whole Nine Yards | DVD | (13/11/2000) from £9.99   |  Saving you £4.00 (40.04%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Have a little patience with The Whole Nine Yards, an agreeably convoluted caper, and in the end you'll find it a modestly entertaining yarn. But forbearance is necessary because, truthfully, the first half-hour of the movie promises a train wreck of epic proportions. Matthew Perry stars as a mild-mannered Montreal dentist, married to a French-Canadian shrew (Rosanna Arquette), whose new next-door neighbour (Bruce Willis) just happens to be a notorious mob hit-man out on parole. The wife, catching the whiff of easy money and probably just hoping to put hubby in harms way, orders her hen pecked spouse to rat out the gunman to his former employers, who have many compelling reasons to want him dead. Needless to say, complications--and plenty of them--ensue. Perry is serviceably harried as the beleaguered Everyman whom, as nice as everyone around him agrees that he is the person, just about everyone, wants to kill. Willis, much as he did in The Sixth Sense, gets better mileage out of not trying so hard; his irksome smirk is almost held in check. Amanda Peet has some funny scenes as a hit-man groupie—it's when her true role in the proceedings is revealed that the film finally kicks into comic gear. Michael Clarke Duncan is fine as yet another hit man to cross Perry's path; however, Arquette seems to be in a contest with Kevin Pollak (playing a mob boss) to see who can uncork both the most ludicrous accent and the most obvious performance. That kind of unevenness ensures that the pleasures that do exist within The Whole Nine Yards remain fairly minor. --David Kronke, Amazon.com

• La Vie En Rose | DVD | (13/10/2008) from £7.05   |  Saving you £5.94 (84.26%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Marion Cotillard takes the lead in this long awaited biopic of the legendary French chanteuse Edith Piaf - La Vie en Rose.

• THE HOUSEMAID | Blu Ray | (19/02/2018) from £16.64   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  First-time director Derek Nguyen makes a captivating debut with The Housemaid [Cô Haû Gaí], a haunting gothic romance which blends bold eroticism with a pervasive sense of dread. Linh is a docile and hardworking poor orphaned girl who comes to Sa Cat seeking a housemaid job. Sebastien Laurent is a French captain and owner of the Sa Cat rubber plantation. For years, the massive mansion is rumoured to have ghosts, particularly those of Camille Sebastien s late wife and the mistreated plantation workers. Once Linh comes to Sa Cat, she begins to hear strange sounds, have frightening dreams, and witness bizarre occurrences. After some time, Linh and Captain Laurent become close to each other and develop a romance. However, their love soon awakens the vengeful souls of Sa Cat plantation. With its sumptuous visuals and memorable scares, The Housemaid is a bold update of the gothic-horror genre, and Eureka Entertainment is proud to present the film in its UK debut as part of Montage Pictures. DUAL FORMAT SPECIAL FEATURES: Stunning 1080p presentation (On the Blu-ray), with a progressive encode on the DVD 5.1 Surround and Stereo soundtrack options Optional English subtitles Trailer PRESS: A gothic romance with a healthy dose of sex and violence, The Housemaid is a fascinating film Abertoir Film Festival

• The Illusionist | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £7.55   |  Saving you £12.44 (164.77%)   |  RRP £19.99

  From director Sylvain Chomet, the man who brought us the beguiling Belleville Rendezvou, comes another slice of whimsy and magic, The Illusionist.