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• Sunset Boulevard | DVD | (07/04/2003) from £5.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (166.94%)   |  RRP £15.99

  More than half a century after its release in 1950, Sunset Boulevard is still the most pungently unflattering portrait of Hollywood ever committed to celluloid. Billy Wilder, unequalled at combining a literate, sulphurous script with taut direction, hits his target relentlessly. The humour--and the film is rich in this, Wilder's most abundant commodity--is black indeed. Sunset Boulevard is viciously and endlessly clever. William Holden's opportunistic scriptwriter Joe Gillis, whose sellout proves fatal, is from the top drawer of film noir. Gloria Swanson's monstrously deluded Norma Desmond, the benchmark for washed-up divas, transcends parody. And her literal descent down the staircase to madness is one of the all-time great silver-screen moments. Sunset Boulevard isn't without pathos, most notably in Erich von Stroheim's protective butler who wants only to shield his mistress from the stark truths that are massing against her. But its view of human beings at work in a ruthlessly cannibalistic industry is bleak indeed. Nobody, not even Nancy Olson's sparkily ambitious writer Betty Schaefer, is untainted. And neither are we, "those wonderful people out there in the dark". Norma might be ready for her close-up, but it's really Hollywood that's in the frame. No wonder Wilder incurred the charge of treachery from his peers. It's cinematic perfection. On the DVD: Sunset Boulevard lends itself effortlessly to a collector's edition of this quality. The film itself is presented in full-frame aspect ratio from an excellent print and the quality of the mono soundtrack is faultless: the silver screen comes to life in your living room. The extras are superb, including a commentary from film historian Ed Sikov and a making-of documentary which includes the memories of Nancy Olson. Interactive features such as the Hollywood location map add to the fun. --Piers Ford

• Rancho Notorious | DVD | (04/07/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Frontiersman Vern Haskell (Arthur Kennedy) wanders the West obsessed with finding the culprits responsible for murdering his fiancee. His quest leads him to Chuck-a-Luck - the film's original title - a combination horse ranch and criminal hideout overseen by saloon chanteuse Altar Keane (Marlene Dietrich). Posing as an escaped criminal Haskell falls in with murderous gunslinger Frenchy Fairmont (Mel Ferrer) and gradually becomes indistinguishable from the men he is hunting. Made in

• Fury Of The Dragon | DVD | (29/03/2004) from £8.75   |  Saving you £-6.76 (-339.70%)   |  RRP £1.99

  After Bruce Lee's untimely death in 1973 and the global success of Enter The Dragon two 90 minute feature films were created to capitalise on Lee's worldwide recognition. The second of these films Fury Of The Dragon was released theatrically in 1976. Starring Bruce Lee as Kato and Van Williams as the Green Hornet the 1960s crime fighting duo - by day Britt Reid publisher-editor of the Daily Sentinel and his chauffeur/man servant Kato - battle relentlessly against the forces of urban evil. This movie takes Kato and the Green Hornet on four epic adventures including trying to stop a plot to oust a young prince of foreign power and exposing two crooked cops a case that leads to the Green Hornet being wounded and then nearly killed. Kato and the Green Hornet are then pushed to the very limit by a well organised gang carrying out a million dollar art heist and using a fantastic ray gun to remove anyone in their path. Could this include our crime fighting duo? Finally the last adventure takes our heroes into the dark underworld of drug trafficking testing all their skills in crime fighting...

• Tulsa | DVD | (02/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  At the start of the oil boom Cherokee Lansing's rancher father is killed in a fight with the Tanner Oil Company. Cherokee plans revenge by bringing in her own wells with the help of oil expert Brad Brady and childhood friend Jim Redbird. When the oil and the money start gushing in both Brad and Jim want to protect the land but Cherokee has different ideas. What started out as revenge for her father's death has turned into an obsession for wealth and power...

• Green Hornet | DVD | (28/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  After Bruce Lee's untimely death in 1973 and the global success of Enter The Dragon two feature films were created to capitalise on Lee's worldwide stardom. The first of these films The Green Hornet was released theatrically in 1974. Starring Bruce Lee as Kato and Van Williams as The Green Hornet the film capitalised on the existing popularity of the 1960s crime fighting duo. Edited with Bruce Lee's star power in mind the film has an abundance of spectacular fight scenes. Fury Of The Dragon was released in 1976. This movie takes Kato and the Green Hornet on four epic adventures including trying to stop a plot to oust a young prince of foreign power and exposing two crooked cops a case that leads to the Green Hornet being wounded and then nearly killed. This box set also includes a poster.