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• Christine | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £22.98   |  Saving you £-16.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  She can't (and won't) drive 55.... Stephen King's novel about the twisted love affair between a boy and his car gets transferred to the screen, courtesy of suspense master John Carpenter. Although lacking some of the more outré supernatural elements of the source material, this high-octane cinematic tune-up more than delivers the goods, horror-wise (Christine's midnight rampages will never be forgotten)--as well as being a sly exposé of the random cruelties within the high-school pecking order. Keith Gordon (who has gone on to become a stellar director in his own right, with films such as A Midnight Clear and Mother Night to his credit) gives a wonderfully controlled central performance. Carpenter's atmospheric original score is backed up by a well-chosen collection of rock classics, including George Thorogood's "Bad to the Bone" (the titular character's all-too-apt theme song). --Andrew Wright, Amazon.com

• Spartacus | DVD | (27/11/2000) from £5.91   |  Saving you £7.08 (119.80%)   |  RRP £12.99

  For a limited time only, Universal Pictures are re-releasing five of their most beloved Cinema Classics in cinemas around the UK. The following films will be released: Spartacus, Blues Brothers, Scar Face, The Thing and Animal House.

• Sergeant Cork: The Complete Series | DVD | (19/02/2018) from £84.74   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  John Barrie is Sergeant Cork, one of the early members of London's Metropolitan Police C.I.D. plain-clothes detectives tasked with maintaining law and order in the seething metropolis of Victorian London. Assisted by Bob Marriott (William Gaunt) from his attic office at Old Scotland Yard, Cork has to contend with the heavy crimewave created by the massive population boom, industrial expansion and an ever-widening gap between the rich and poor. Devised by Dixon of Dock Green creator Ted Willis and produced by Jack Williams best known for the classic series Within These Walls and New Scotland Yard Sergeant Cork features inventive scripts from Willis, Man in a Suitcase contributor Richard Harris, Police Surgeon co-creator Richard Bond, and Timeslip contributor Bruce Stewart, among others. This complete set features all six series, comprising 66 episodes.

• Martin | Blu Ray | (27/03/2023) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A troubled young man, who believes himself to be a vampire, goes to live with his elderly and religious cousin in a small Pennsylvania town where he tries to redeem his blood-craving urges after he falls for a lonely housewife, all the while his hostile cousin becomes convinced that the young man is actually Nosferatu. Product Features A new Second Sight 4K restoration supervised and approved by Director of Photography Michael Gornick Audio commentary by George A Romero, John Amplas and Tom Savini Audio commentary by George A Romero, Richard P Rubinstein, Tom Savini, Michael Gornick and Donald Rubinstein A new audio commentary by Kat Ellinger A new audio commentary by Travis Crawford Taste the Blood of Martin: A new feature length documentary including location tour Scoring the Shadows: A new interview with composer Donald Rubinstein 'J Roy - New And Used Furniture': a short film by Tony Buba Making Martin: A Recounting Trailer, TV and radio spots

• Abbott And Costello - The Collection | DVD | (28/08/2006) from £39.99   |  Saving you £-19.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £20.00

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• The Colditz Story | DVD | (29/01/2007) from £11.53   |  Saving you £3.22 (32.96%)   |  RRP £12.99

  One German maximum security prison was more famous than any other during World War II - Colditz castle. Although Colditz was considered 'escape proof' its boundaries were challenged many times by Allied prisoners of war with fatal results. On 15 October 1942 a group of British servicemen made the most historic and perhaps the most courageous attempt of all...

• Beau Geste | DVD | (08/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Based on the book by Percival Christopher Wren Beau Geste tells the tale of three inseparable Geste brothers Beau Digby and John who have been adopted into the wealthy household of Lady Brandon. When money grows tight in the household Lady Brandon is forced to sell her most treasured possession the mighty 'Blue Water' sapphire. When this goes missing each of the young men confesses to being the thief in order to protect the other. One-by-one they head off to join the Fr

• Assault On Precinct 13 | DVD | (28/05/2001) from £15.86   |  Saving you £2.13 (13.43%)   |  RRP £17.99

  John Carpenter's Assault On Precinct 13 is a riveting low-budget thriller from 1976, in which a nearly abandoned police station is held under siege by a heavily armed gang called Street Thunder. Inside the station, cut off from contact and isolated, convicts heading for death row and the cops must now join forces or die. That's the basic plot, but what Carpenter does with it is remarkable. Drawing specific inspiration from the classic Howard Hawks Western Rio Bravo (which included a similar siege on disadvantaged heroes), Carpenter used his simple setting for a tense, tightly constructed series of action sequences, emphasising low-key character development and escalating tension. Few who've seen the film can forget the "ice cream cone" scene in which a young girl is caught up in the action by patronising a seemingly harmless ice cream van. It's here, and in other equally memorable scenes, that Carpenter demonstrates his knack for injecting terror into the mundane details of daily life, propelling this potent thriller to cult favourite status and long-standing critical acclaim. From this Carpenter went on to make the original Halloween, one of the most profitable independent films of all time. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• The Trouble With Harry | Blu Ray | (10/05/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Bizet: Carmen -- film version | DVD | (13/03/2000) from £17.87   |  Saving you £2.12 (11.86%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This movie version of Bizet's popular opera Carmen was filmed on location, conveying a kind of atmosphere, a sense of space, movement, and presence that's hard to achieve in a staged performance. It takes the action out of doors for many scenes, with the opening titles superimposed on the bloody conclusion of a bullfight. Elsewhere the changing of the guard, the crowd scenes, the dance number that opens Act 2, and the panoramic scenery of the smugglers' mountain hideout all benefit from the freedom granted by movie cameras. It's an exciting Carmen, too, with a young-looking Placido Domingo in top form for a role he has sung hundreds of times. For Julia Migenes, though, it was her first performance in a role she would have trouble performing in an opera house. Her voice does not fit easily into Carmen's range, and she spent months training it, very successfully, before singing the role in a recording studio where the soundtrack was taped before the film was shot. Casting her in the role was a gamble, but it worked; she is a convincing actress. Unlike most opera-house performances this movie version uses the opera's original opera comique form with some spoken dialogue rather than recitatives.--Joe McLellan, Amazon.com

• The Ultimate Pixar Collection: The Incredibles, Finding Nemo, Monsters Inc., A Bug's Life (Disney Pixar) | DVD | (18/03/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Four Pixar animated features including 'The Incredibles', 'Monsters Inc.', 'A Bug's Life' and 'Finding Nemo'

• In Cold Blood (1967) (Criterion Collection) UK Only | Blu Ray | (04/04/2022) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Truman Capote's best seller, a breakthrough narrative account of real-life crime and punishment, became an equally chilling film in the hands of writer-director RICHARD BROOKS (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof). Cast for their unsettling resemblances to the killers they play, ROBERT BLAKE (Lost Highway) and SCOTT WILSON (The Great Gatsby) give authentic, unshowy performances as Perry Smith and Richard Hickock, who in 1959 murdered a family of four in Kansas during a botched robbery. Brooks brings a detached, documentary-like starkness to this uncompromising view of an American tragedy and its aftermath; at the same time, stylistically In Cold Blood is a filmmaking master class, with clinically precise editing, chiaroscuro black-and-white cinematography by the great CONRAD L. HALL (American Beauty), and a menacing jazz score by Quincy Jones. Special Features New 4K digital restoration, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack New interview with cinematographer John Bailey on the film's cinematography New interview with film historian Bobbie O'Steen on the film's editing New interview with film critic and jazz historian Gary Giddins on the film's music by Quincy Jones New interview with writer Douglass Daniel on director Richard Brooks Interview with Brooks from 1988 from the French television series Cinéma cinemas Interview with actor Robert Blake from 1968 from the British television series Good Evening with Jonathan King With Love from Truman, a short 1966 documentary featuring novelist Truman Capote, directed by Albert and David Maysles Two archival NBC interviews with Capote: one following the author on a 1966 visit to Holcomb, Kansas, and the other conducted by Barbara Walters in 1967 Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Chris Fujiwara

• Grace Of My Heart | DVD | (12/10/2015) from £7.79   |  Saving you £5.20 (66.75%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Grace of My Heart is a 1996 film written and directed by Allison Anders, set in the music world, starting in New York's Brill Building early 1960's era, weaving through the California Sound of the mid '60s and culminating with the adult-contemporary scene of the early 1970's . The story follows the life and career trajectory of it's protagonist, Denise Waverly. The soundtrack features songs by artists Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello, Joni Mitchell, and Jill Sobule, replicating the musical style that emerged from the Brill Building, New York's music factory in the heyday of girl groups and 'pre-fab' acts like The Monkees. Loosely based on the early career of the great singer-songwriter Carole King Released for the very first time on DVD in the UK.

• Fort Apache (John Wayne) | DVD | (05/06/2006) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Henry Fonda is the strict new commander of a frontier fort (Henry Fonda) who soon clashes with his more experienced second in command (John Wayne), jepordising the fragile peace with the native americans.

• Churchill | Blu Ray | (16/10/2017) from £20.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  CHURCHILL follows Britain's iconic Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the days before the infamous D-Day landings in June 1944. As allied forces stand on the south coast of Britain, poised to invade Nazi-occupied Europe, they await Churchill's decision on whether the invasion will actually move ahead. Fearful of repeating his mistakes from World War I on the beaches of Gallipoli, exhausted by years of war, plagued by depression and obsessed with fulfilling historical greatness, Churchill is also faced with constant criticism from his political opponents; General Eisenhower and Field Marshal Montgomery. Only the unflinching support of Churchill's brilliant, unflappable wife Clementine can halt the Prime Minister's physical and mental collapse and help lead him to greatness. CHURCHILL is directed by Jonathan Teplitzky (The Railway Man, Marcella) from an original screenplay by British historian Alex von Tunzelmann (Medici: Masters of Florence) in her feature debut. Starring Brian Cox (War & Peace, Coriolanus) as the legendary Winston Churchill, Miranda Richardson (Harry Potter, The Crying Game) as the Prime Minister's wife and confident Clemmie, John Slattery (Spotlight, Mad Men) as General Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied D-Day operations, and Julian Wadham (The Iron Lady, War Horse) as British military commander Field Marshal Montgomery.

• Hitchcock DVD Collection | DVD | (08/11/2004) from £29.99   |  Saving you £32.00 (106.70%)   |  RRP £61.99

  The incomparable Alfred Hitchcock presents a collection of his finest suspenseful thrillers! Includes: 1. Strangers On A Train (1951) 2. Stage Fright (1950) 3. I Confess (1953) 4. Dial M For Murder (1954) 5. The Wrong Man (1956) 6. North By Northwest (1959)

• Heartbeat - The Complete Series 15 | DVD | (27/05/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Set in rural North Yorkshire during the 1960s, Heartbeat's combination of crime and medical storylines, charismatic regular characters and wonderfully nostalgic soundtrack made it staple Sunday-night viewing for two decades, with the series' many prestigious awards including Best Performing Peak-Time Drama and several ITV Programme of the Year awards. Attracting a peak audience of 14 million, Heartbeat has garnered a devoted following and remains prime-time viewing world-wide. This series se...

• The Sure Thing | DVD | (22/08/2005) from £16.99   |  Saving you £-7.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A sure thing comes once in a lifetime... but the real thing lasts forever. Rob Reiner directs this enchanting romantic comedy about a boy who wants a girl and a girl who wants a man. The boy is Gib (John Cusack) who is out to find 'The Sure Thing'. A no questions asked no strings attached no guilt involved 100% safe bet. The girl is Alison (Daphne Zuniga) who likes her men to be mature prefers an early night to a party and wants to go and see her tea drinking fiance. Thi

• The Fighting Seabees (John Wayne) | DVD | (05/06/2006) from £5.99   |  Saving you £4.00 (66.78%)   |  RRP £9.99

  All-American hero John Wayne takes a crew of construction workers and turns them into one of WWII's toughest fighting forces in this action-packed war classic. But first he has to convince the army brass to let his civilians bear arms and then he's got to whip them into combat shape. Now Wayne is fighting for his life on a different battlefield when he's brought up on court-martial charges for leading his troops in an all-out assault against the Japanese. It's Wayne at his best playing the kind of rough-and-tumble man of honor that made him a legend and Hollywood's biggest star. An entertaining combination of strong supporting performances by Daniel O'Keefe and ravishing about-to-be superstar Susan Hayward.

• Pajama Game | DVD | (22/05/2006) from £6.08   |  Saving you £9.91 (162.99%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Pajama Game based on the hit Broadway show is packed full of musical numbers and romantic subplots the real story is the seven-and-a-half-cents-per-hour raise the pajama factory workers are demanding to keep their salaries comparable with other garment workers pay. Sid (John Raitt) the new superintendent of the factory pushes both himself and the workers hard in order to prove himself to the owner but a visit by the union grievances committee in the form of lovely bu