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• This Is England | DVD | (19/11/2007) from £6.19   |  Saving you £9.80 (158.32%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A young lad finds friendship with a gang of skinheads in this tough and gritty movie from director Shane Meadows.

• Raging Bull (Wide Screen) | DVD | (01/02/2000) from £4.43   |  Saving you £11.56 (260.95%)   |  RRP £15.99

  "Raging Bull" is arguably the finest work from the Scorsese and De Niro partnership. De Niro gives an amazing portrayal of a man whose animal side lurks just beneath the surface, ever ready to erupt.

• Carlito's Way | DVD | (29/03/2004) from £2.99   |  Saving you £17.00 (568.56%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Al Pacino cuts a noble figure in this very enjoyable drama by director Brian De Palma (Scarface), based on a pair of books by Edwin Torres. Pacino plays a Puerto Rican ex-con trying hard to go straight, but his loyalty to his lowlife attorney (a virtually unrecognisable Sean Penn) and enemies on the street make that choice difficult. Penelope Ann Miller plays, somewhat unlikely, a stripper who has a romance with Pacino's character. The film finds De Palma tempering his more outlandish moves (think of Body Double or Snake Eyes) just as he did with the popular Untouchables and Mission: Impossible. But while Carlito's Way was not as commercially successful as those two movies, it is a genuinely compelling work graced with a fine performance by Pacino and a surprising one from Penn. --Tom Keogh

• Tora! Tora! Tora! | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £7.94   |  Saving you £12.05 (151.76%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Here is just one of the many mishaps chronicled in Tora! Tora! Tora!: "Sir, there's a large formation of planes coming in from the north, 140 miles, 3 degrees east." "Yeah? Don't worry about it." The epic film shows the bombing of Pearl Harbour from both sides in the historic first American-Japanese coproduction: American director Richard Fleischer oversaw the complicated production (the Japanese sequences were directed by Toshio Masuda and Kinji Fukasaku, after Akira Kurosawa withdrew from the film), wrestling a sprawling story with dozens of characters into a manageable, fairly easy-to-follow film. The first half maps out the collapse of diplomacy between the nations and the military blunders that left naval and air forces sitting ducks for the impending attack, while the second half is an amazing re-creation of the devastating battle. While Tora! Tora! Tora! lacks the strong central characters that anchor the best war films, the real star of the film is the climactic 30-minute battle, a massive feat of cinematic engineering that expertly conveys the surprise, the chaos and the immense destruction of the only attack by a foreign power on American soil since the Revolutionary war. The special effects won a well-deserved Oscar, but the film was shut out of every other category by, ironically, the other epic war picture of the year, Patton. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com

• Viva Zapata | DVD | (04/07/2005) from £12.98   |  Saving you £0.01 (0.08%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The life and times of legendary Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata are brought to the screen in Darryl F. Zanuck's powerful production of John Steinbeck's screenplay. Marlon Brando fresh from his success in A Streetcar Named Desire gives a stunning portrayal of the outlaw turned revolutionary leader. The film also boasts Anthony Quinn's (Best Supporting Actor 1952) Academy Award winning performance as Zapata's brother. Viva Zapata! is one of the classic political movies and

• Carlito's Way | DVD | (24/07/2000) from £6.01   |  Saving you £6.98 (116.14%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Al Pacino cuts a noble figure in this very enjoyable drama by director Brian De Palma (Scarface), based on a pair of books by Edwin Torres. Pacino plays a Puerto Rican ex-con trying hard to go straight, but his loyalty to his lowlife attorney (a virtually unrecognisable Sean Penn) and enemies on the street make that choice difficult. Penelope Ann Miller plays, somewhat unlikely, a stripper who has a romance with Pacino's character. The film finds De Palma tempering his more outlandish moves (think of Body Double or Snake Eyes) just as he did with the popular Untouchables and Mission: Impossible. But while Carlito's Way was not as commercially successful as those two movies, it is a genuinely compelling work graced with a fine performance by Pacino and a surprising one from Penn. --Tom Keogh

• Road To Rio | DVD | (27/01/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  To avoid being charged with arson after burning down a circus Hot Lips Barton (Bob Hope) and Scat Sweeney (Bing Crosby) stow away on an ocean bound ship. Aboard the vessel the duo fall for Lucia Maria de Andrade (Dorothy Lamour) who is under the spell of her evil aunt (Gale Sondergaard) who has arranged a marriage for the young beauty. This film was in good hands since many of Hope's best collaborators worked on the picture. Director Norman Z. McLeod went on to direct Hope in four more features -- Alias Jesse James Casanova's Big Night My Favorite Spy and The Paleface. McLeod had a remarkable career behind the cameras working with such Hollywood greats as Danny Kaye (The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty) W.C. Fields (It's A Gift) and Cary Grant (Topper). Writer Edmund Beloin supplied the stories for both My Favorite Spy and The Lemon Drop Kid. His collaborator Jack Rose penned My Favorite Brunette The Great Lover Sorrowful Jones and The Seven Little Foys. This film also features musical guests The Wiere Brothers and The Andrew Sisters.

• Ariadne Auf Naxos | DVD | (02/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Strauss's opera 'Ariadne Auf Naxos' performed by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Artists include: Jessye Norman Kathleen Battle Tatania Troyanos and James King. Conducted by James Levine.

• The Juror | DVD | (23/01/2006) from £14.82   |  Saving you £-8.83 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Of all the men and women in the jury he chose her. He knows everything about her what she's thinking what she's feeling but most of all; he knows what scares her. Demi Moore stars as Annie a single mother determined to set her son a good example by serving as a juror in the trial of a powerful mobster. During the jury selection procedure Annie is evaluated not only by the judge and attorneys but also by ""The Teacher"" a lethal onlooker. He has been hired by the Mafia to do

• Viva Zapata | DVD | (01/01/2001) from £14.27   |  Saving you £-5.29 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The life and times of the legendary Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata are brought to the screen in this powerful production of John Steinbeck's screenplay. Marlon Brando gives a stunning portrayal of the outlaw turned revolutionary leader with the film also boasting Anthony Quinn's Oscar-winning performance as Zapata's brother and intelligent direction by Elia Kazan.

• Raging Bull (Criterion Collection) | Blu Ray | (12/07/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• THIS IS ENGLAND - MOVIE | DVD | (23/10/2008) from £9.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Jungle Book | DVD | (18/12/2006) from £6.89   |  Saving you £1.10 (15.97%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Starring Sabu This 1942 film of Rudyard Kipling's classic tells the story of man-cub Mowgli as he grows up amongst the animals of the jungle. Jungle Book explores Mowgli's empathy in the natural world and the challenges he faces when presented with fellow humans.

• Driver | DVD | (19/04/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Ryan O'Neal plays the driver - an ice-cool getaway ace for hire by whoever can afford his crash course skills. Bruce Dern is the detective - a man obsessed with arresting the speed demon at any cost... The Driver lures his foe into a deadly game of cross and double cross by leaving tantalising evidence at every heist until the vengeance-crazed Detective can stand no more and the film erupts into a frenzy of twisted metal and burning rubber. A 1970's classic from Walter Hill.

• Road To Rio | DVD | (27/01/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  To avoid being charged with arson after burning down a circus Hot Lips Barton (Bob Hope) and Scat Sweeney (Bing Crosby) stow away on an ocean bound ship. Aboard the vessel the duo fall for Lucia Maria de Andrade (Dorothy Lamour) who is under the spell of her evil aunt (Gale Sondergaard) who has arranged a marriage for the young beauty. This film was in good hands since many of Hope's best collaborators worked on the picture. Director Norman Z. McLeod went on to direct Hope in four

• The Juror | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-14.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Of all the men and women in the jury he chose her. He knows everything about her what she's thinking what she's feeling but most of all; he knows what scares her. Demi Moore stars as Annie a single mother determined to set her son a good example by serving as a juror in the trial of a powerful mobster. During the jury selection procedure Annie is evaluated not only by the judge and attorneys but also by ""The Teacher"" a lethal onlooker. He has been hired by the Mafia to d

• I.Q. | DVD | (03/11/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Albert Einstein helps a young man who's in love with Einstein's niece to catch her attention by momentarily pretending to be a great physicist...

• Puccini: Turandot -- San Francisco | DVD | (18/07/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Not only is Puccini's final opera Turandot among the composer's most popular works, but following The Three Tenors and a certain football contest, it has in "Nessun dorma!" what is almost certainly the best-loved aria in all opera. Written 20 years after Madame Butterfly (1904), Puccini's version of an 800-year-old fairy-tale is set in a legendary Peking and scored on a grand scale, incorporating not only Chinese musical techniques but a vast range of oriental percussion. Puccini draws heavily on the chorus, and as ever makes intense demands on his heroine, to which Eva Marton rises powerfully, very well complemented by the tenor Michael Sylvester as Calaf. However, what makes this 1994 San Francisco Opera version so enchanting as a visual experience is the realisation by David Hockney, who not only designed the sets and costumes but also directed the production. His vision is highly stylised, richly imagined, atmospheric and very beautiful, and it is a testament to how well this version is directed that much of the original magic is communicated through the confines of a TV screen. --Gary S. DalkinOn the DVD: Other than a well-appointed booklet, and the option to watch with or without subtitles, there are no special features. The 4:3 picture is a major improvement on video, though no doubt due to the original source materials, not as detailed as the best DVDs. The sound is powerful PCM stereo, with a slight tendency to become strident at especially dramatic moments. The layer change is particularly badly done, interrupting the choir in full flow, rather than being placed between tracks.

• The Last Minute | DVD | (12/11/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Billy Byrne (Max Beesley) wants to be famous. He thinks he'll get eveything he wants when he's famous. He has a talent for selling himself for making people think he should be famous and he gets an agent who promises him the world. And then it all goes wrong. The world is indifferent to his talent. Billy's world is shattered and and he descends into a hostile 21st century version of a Victorian underworld squirming with all manner of thieves beggars and low lifes rejected by society...

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

  Mowgli (Sabu), having been lost in the jungle as a child, is raised by wolves. Although Mowgli has no trouble conversing with his animal neighbours, his instinct drives him to seek out his human roots and so he returns to the native village from whence he came. With the help of his jungle companions, Mowgli rescues his adoptive family - his natural mother, Messua (Rosemary DeCamp) and the rest of the humans - from the greedy machinations of villains Buldeo (Jospeh Calleia), The Barber (John Qualen) and The Pundit (Frank Puglia). This version is considered by most film historians to be the most faithful and definitive interpretation of this classic story from Rudyard Kipling.