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• Stagecoach | DVD | (12/02/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

• The Boxer | DVD | (03/09/2001) from £22.95   |  Saving you £0.03 (0.15%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Director Jim Sheridan links up once more with Daniel Day-Lewis for 1997's The Boxer, a study of a violent Belfast's uneasy crossover into the peace process (they had previously worked on My Left Foot among other films). Day-Lewis stars as Danny Flynn, imprisoned in his late teens for terrorism, now out after 14 years. A once promising boxer, he's initially looking to resume what's left of his career. However, his rekindled love for Maggie (Emily Watson), daughter of local IRA boss (Brian Cox), is coupled with a need to be a part of the healing process in Northern Ireland. With the help of his former trainer (Ken Stott), he reopens a non-sectarian gym. However, the non-pacific wing of the IRA, personified by Gerard McSorley, resents Flynn, not least for consorting with Maggie, who is another IRA prisoner's wife. Day-Lewis plays Flynn as an almost spiritual figure, still caught in the introspection that enshrouded him during his years in jail. Ironically, the well-executed boxing scenes provide a respite from the air of serious violence that pervades the rest of the film, symbolised by the ominous rotorblades of the ever-present helicopters, from which much of the action of this sad, yet gripping and ultimately uplifting movie, is shot.On the DVD: Generous extras include commentaries from producer Arthur Lappin, who offers a tourist's guide to various locations, as well as one from director Jim Sheridan, who offers technical info and remarks drily of a brief, tart exchange between Maggie and Flynn, "This is an Irish love scene". There's also an alternative (though not that alternative) ending, extra scenes which probably deserved to stay on the cutting room floor and, most illuminatingly, a featurette on the movie. This reveals that the career of Barry McGuigan (boxing advisor here) provided Sheridan with the impetus to make The Boxer, inspired by the courage and grace he showed in the ring to rise above partisanship. --David Stubbs

• John Wayne War & Westerns Collection | DVD | (27/03/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £30.82

  John Wayne, aka The Duke will always be remembered as one of ROOSTER COGBURN ¢ JET PILOT ¢ THE CONQUEROR Hollywood's greatest actors; cast as a lead in over 142 films during his decade spanning career. Here are seven of the best films which display Wayne's meteoric talent in the genres for which he is most fondly remembered war and westerns. Included in this set are his Oscar® nominated performance in Sands of Iwo Jima, his first lead Western role in John Ford's Stagecoach, Rooster Cogburn (the prequel to True Grit) and four other memorable classics - The Conqueror; Jet Pilot; Rio Grande and Flying Tigers.

• Lost Treasures Of The Ancient World - Empires Of The Americas | DVD | (13/02/2006) from £5.87   |  Saving you £5.38 (116.70%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Following the discover of America by Christopher Columbus in 1942 news of a 'new world' filled with riches beyond any man's dreams rapidly intoxicated the imagination of explorers from far and wide. The arrival of the conquistadors such as Cortez and Pizarro would eventually spell the end of two great civilisations the Aztecs and the Incas. Using magnificent computer animated graphics the cities of Tenochtitlan and Manchu Pichu come alive but for long enough to appreciate the even

• Hornblower - The Duchess And The Devil | DVD | (03/02/2003) from £6.95   |  Saving you £3.04 (30.40%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Based freely on the classic novels by C.S. Forester, Hornblower is a series of TV films following the progress of a young officer through the ranks of the British navy during the Napoleonic Wars. The series greatest asset is the handsome and charismatic Ioan Gruffudd in the lead role, surely a major star in the making. For television films the production values are very good, though as Titanic, Waterworld and The Perfect Storm demonstrated, filming an aquatic adventure is a very expensive business, and it is clear that the Hornblower dramas simply make the best of comparatively small budgets. No more faithful to Forester's books than the 1951 Gregory Peck classic Captain Horatio Hornblower, the real inspiration seems to have come from the success of Sharpe, starring Sean Bean, which likewise featured a British hero in the Napoleonic Wars. Nevertheless, while rather more easy going than the real British navy of the time, the Hornblower saga delivers an entertaining adventure, greatly enhanced by the presence of such guest stars as Denis Lawson, Cheri Lunghi, Ronald Pickup and Anthony Sher. "The Duchess and the Devil" has Hornblower and his men taken prisoners of war.--Gary S Dalkin

• Lost Treasures Of The Ancient World - The Dark Ages | DVD | (13/02/2006) from £8.30   |  Saving you £1.69 (16.90%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Buried treasures strange structures mysterious buildings...what clues do these offer us as we strive to learn more about this bleak period in English history? Utilising state of the art computer generated graphics and animation discover the secrets of the famous Offa's Dyke; the hidden treasures of Sutton Hoo burial site; the technology behind the Viking longships; and the beauty of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.

• An American Werewolf In London | HD DVD | (16/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A macabre mix of humor and horror that shot director John Landis to fame. This classic horror/comedy tells the beastly tale of two American youths David and Jack (Naughton and Dunne) whose European adventure turns to terror after they are attacked by a werewolf. One of the travelers is killed but the other's fate is worse than death as every full moon now seems to bring out the beast in him.

• Lost Treasures Of The Ancient World - India, China And Japan | DVD | (03/03/2008) from £22.93   |  Saving you £-2.94 (-14.70%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Disc 1 - Ancient India: The story of India is one of fabulous dynasties of kings timeless belief systems and golden ages of culture. This fascinating programme journeys through the centuries to demonstrate how glories such as the Taj Mahal and the Ajanta Caves reflect the character of a unique people. With the aid of state-of-the-art computer generated graphics and animation experience a journey through and marvel at an ancient city in the Indus Valley that existed as early as the second millennium BC. Narrated by John Viner. Disc 2 - Ancient China: Man has constructed many remarkable monuments but only one that can be seen clearly from outer space; the Great Wall of China. It remains the most soaring architectural achievement of the Chinese people but is by no means the only one. The Terracotta Army Beijing's Forbidden City and the simple pagoda are all examined here and explained clearly using expert views and impressive computer animation. Narrated by John Viner. Disc 3 - Samurai Japan: Japanese history had been shrouded in mystery from mythical beginnings until it embraced modernism in the late 19th century. A nation of traditions and customs this DVD examines some of ancient Japan's architecture the famous samurai code of Bushido the Tea Ceremony and also gives an in-depth background to the eminent Japanese dynasties. A people who were once identified for their fearsome warriors but are now perhaps better known for balance order and calm. Narrated by John Viner.

• Wicked Minds | DVD | (26/07/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  After graduating from Harvard Holden Pryce pays a visit to his estranged father and is introduced to his to his stunning new bride half his age Lana Pryce who sets out to divide them... beginning with the planned seduction of her stepson. When Holden starts to fear his stepmother's true intentions and tells her he wants out of the affair he suddenly returns to the mansion to discover his father's dead body. Holden desperately tries to convince the police that the murder is the work of his calculating stepmother. With betrayal and blackmail one has to wonder if this was the conspiracy of a femme fatale or a jealous son looking for revenge.

• Silence Of The Lambs/Summer Of Sam | DVD | (19/03/2007) from £18.85   |  Saving you £-9.86 (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.99

  The Silence Of The Lambs (Dir. Jonathan Demme 1991): As Hannibal ""The Cannibal"" Lecter Anthony Hopkins is the archetypical antihero--cultured quick-witted uncontainable--a portrait of the sharpest human faculties gone diabolically wrong. His performance marked him as a major star in America and the movie swept the 1991 Academy Awards--Best Picture Director (Jonathan Demme) Actor (Hopkins) Actress (Foster) and Screenplay Adaptation (Ted Tally from the novel by Thomas Harris). Summer Of Sam (Dir. Spike Lee 1999): In the summer of 1977 Saturday night fever ruled and the first thrashings of punk were being heard. By day temperatures soared on the sweltering streets of Manhattan but by night a serial killer dubbed the Son of Sam stalked the suburbs indiscriminately shooting young brunettes and held New York City in a grip of terror. Trying to make sense of their lives in this overwhelming atmosphere of fear and suspicion are Vinny a streetwise Casanova indulging in affairs under the nose of his loving wife Dionna and Ritchie a punk musician moonlighting as a male stripper. As the murder's actions impact on all their lifestyles they start to suspect the killer might be someone from their own neighborhood - or even one of their own friends. From the controversial director Spike Lee comes his boldest and most ambitious film brilliantly capturing the sights sounds and sexual attitudes of the 1970s.

• Dinner At Fred's | DVD | (09/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Richard leaves the corporate office for a weekend in the country house of his fiance who is also the daughter of his boss. On the way there he is forced to accept lodging from a local called Fred but when he enters the house the wacky family refuse to let him move on. The family believe they are under the curse of the wild turkey by which anyone who stays past midnight in the rural house is doomed never to leave.

• Myra Breckinridge | DVD | (15/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Everything you heard about Myra Breckinridge is true! In this off-the-wall cult classic from the pen of Gore Vidal Myron Breckinridge goes to Europe to have a sex change and comes back to America as the sexy man-hating Myra...

• Stagecoach | DVD | (12/05/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  One of the all time classic Westerns - considered by many to be the movie that propelled John Wayne to stardom back in 1939. ; ; The film is set against the impressive backdrop of Monument Valley in Utah and tells the story of a mixed group of travellers who are making their way across country to Arizona. They are endangered by an Indian War Party, and this along with their various characters results in difficulties for the party...

• Western Helden Box | DVD | (27/08/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Der Mann, der Liberty Valance erschoss- 4K UHD | Blu Ray | (19/05/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A