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• Jagged Edge | DVD | (02/04/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Jagged Edge was one of a series of entertaining if porous thrillers crafted by screenwriter Joe Eszterhas before he wrote the ridiculous Showgirls. This 1985 movie is a taut mystery about an attorney (Glenn Close) who defends a newspaper publisher (Jeff Bridges) accused of murder. The fact that Close's character falls for him is more convenient than plausible, but it is a necessary emotional bridge for Eszterhas and director Richard Marquand (Eye of the Needle) to build toward a powerful finale. Scary, fun as courtroom dramas go, the film is well serviced by the two lead stars and has impressive support from co-star Peter Coyote and especially from Robert Loggia, who plays Close's cop buddy. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• The Wolf Man/Werewolf Of London | DVD | (11/10/2004) from £21.24   |  Saving you £-11.25 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Werewolf Of London: The first Hollywood film to explore a werewolf on the silver screen a creature rooted in folklore worldwide. Directed by American Stuart Walker and starring Henry Hull Warner Oland and Valerie Hobson. Werewolf of London chronicles the life of botanist Dr Wilfred Glendon who sets off on an expedition to the Himalayas to find the marifisa lupina lumina a rare orchid that only blooms by moonlight. When he finds the unique plant he is attacked and injured b

• Graduation | DVD | (15/05/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A young girl is set to leave her Romanian homeland for a prestigious English university when she is physically assaulted just before her final exam. Her father now tries to get to the bottom of who the culprit is and how he convince bureaucratic powers to reconsider this life changing exam for this daughter. Another brilliant drama that plays with thriller-like tension from the acclaimed director of 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days.

• Headless Woman | DVD | (12/07/2010) from £15.29   |  Saving you £4.70 (30.74%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Acclaimed Argentinean filmmaker Lucrecia Martel steps back behind the camera for her third feature film with a mysterious and intriguing tale of a bourgeois woman (Maria Onetto) who when driving alone on a dirt road becomes distracted and runs over something. In the days following this jarring incident she is dazed and emotionally disconnected from the people and events in her life. She becomes obsessed with the possibility that she may have killed someone. The police confirm that there were no accidents reported in the area and everything returns to normal until a gruesome discovery is made. Lucrecia Martel's third feature examines the intricacies of class status and the role of women in a male-dominated society.

• Robocop - The Prime Directives (Special Edition 4 DVD Box Set) | DVD | (18/03/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Dark Justice: Ten years after his resurrection Robocop is up against a renegade cyborg creating havoc known as Bone Machine. A sinister rebel group called The Trust secretly re-programmes Robocop to kill Delta City's security commander Cable. An all-out three way tussle between Robocop Cable and Bone Machine proves to be the Delta City champion's biggest challenge yet... Meltdown: A sinister rebel group The Trust schemes to take control of Delta city. They transform the dead body of Robocop's best friend Cable into a machine designed to destroy Robocop. Will Cable remember he is the man inside the machine? Resurrection: Fugitives on the run Robocop and former partner Cable are separated during a pitched battle with Robohunters falling into the hands of two opposing mercenary groups who restore and re-programme them for the purposes of their respective dark crusades... Crash And Burn: With Delta City on the verge of a new Dark Age Robocop and Cable are trapped inside the towers of Control Headquarters. To save the city the embattled defenders must shut down the all-powerful computer and in doing so the ultimate sacrifice must be made...

• World Trade Center | Blu Ray | (13/10/2008) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-0.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Oliver Stone's controversial movie about last two men who were pulled alive from the remains of the World Trade Center after September 11.

• Nomads | DVD | (04/06/2012) from £12.65   |  Saving you £-6.66 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Jean Claude Pommier (Pierce Brosnan) is an anthropologist who has spent years travelling the globe, studying the phenomenon of Nomads, mythical supernatural creatures. Pommier then gets murdered after believing that he has discovered their existence in Los Angeles. Before he dies, he reveals his secret to a young doctor (Lesley-Anne Down). Following his death, the doctor has visions of how Pommier followed a street gang as they conducted random acts of violence, only to discover that they were in reality Eskimo spirits that walk the Earth in human form…

• Colors | DVD | (09/07/2001) from £8.14   |  Saving you £4.85 (59.58%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Directed by Dennis Hopper, Colors is a superior 1988 action movie set among the street gangs of LA that teams up Robert Duvall as Hodges, the elder cop, with young hothead partner Danny McGavin (Sean Penn). Investigating a murderous feud between the “Bloods” and the “Crips”, Duvall attempts to impress upon the impetuous Penn the value of a more cautious, easy-going approach in dealing with gang members, rather than trying to charge in among them. The film as a whole was one of the first to take a serious, unromantic and unstereotypical look at gang culture, at how youngsters are sucked into it, how few options are actually open to these macho hoodlums and how little they have in the way of family, community and stability other than the gangs. The partnership between Penn and Duvall by contrast, though well played, is pretty much the standard old cop/young cop set-up, right down to Duvall’s frequent, ominous remarks about how close he is to retirement. While the action is sometimes disjointed and the relationships between the gangs at times confused, it at least helps to dispel the usual Hollywood good vs. evil dynamic. Instead, there’s a more ambient sense of violence, desperation, retribution and recrimination. Penn’s doomed relationship with a “homegirl” indicates that while the LAPD may capture a few felons, they’ve little chance of capturing the hearts and minds of the criminalised poor. Later films such as John Singleton’s Boyz 'n the Hood (1991) would go further in exploring how life looks from the gangsta perspective.On the DVD: The films is presented in an anamorphic 16:9 widescreen version, with the usual chapter and language selections. The only other feature is the original, detailed but run-of-the-mill trailer. --David Stubbs

• Elite Squad | Blu Ray | (26/01/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The biggest film in South American cinema history, Elite Squad: The Enemy Within sees revered Lieutenant-Colonel Roberto Nascimento and his second in command Andre Matias facing battles both on the streets and within the corrupt political system of Rio.

• Das Testament Des Dr Mabuse | Blu Ray | (24/09/2012) from £21.58   |  Saving you £8.41 (38.97%)   |  RRP £29.99

  With the etching onto glass of a single word - MABUSE - Berlin reawakens into a nightmare. Fritz Lang's electrifying Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse (The Testament of Dr. Mabuse) is the astonishing second instalment in the German master's legendary Mabuse series, a film that puts image and sound into an hypnotic arrangement unlike anything seen or heard in the cinema before - or since.It's been eleven years since the downfall of arch-criminal and master-of-disguise Dr. Mabuse (Rudolf Klein-Rogge), now sequestered in an asylum under the watchful eye of one Professor Baum (Oskar Beregi). Mabuse exists in a state of catatonic graphomania, his only action the irrepressible scribbling of blueprints that would realise a seemingly theoretical Empire of Crime. But when a series of violent events courses through the city, police and populace alike start asking themselves with increasing panic: Who is behind all this?! The answer borders on the realm of the impossible...

• Nightmare City | DVD | (27/01/2003) from £14.98   |  Saving you £-8.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  When a radioactve spill causes mass contamination thousands of infected citizens are transformed into bloodthirsty undead fiends. But these are not your standard stumbling gut-munchers; this is an all-out attack by fast-moving flesh-ripping ass-kicking maniacs that can only be stopped by a bullet to the brain... Get ready for an all-you-can-eat buffet of gunfire gore and gratuitous aerobics where zombies run chaos reigns and heads explode. This is Nighmare City!

• La Lectrice | DVD | (25/10/2004) from £12.77   |  Saving you £7.22 (56.54%)   |  RRP £19.99

  French director Michel Deville invites audiences to read between the lines with this sublime fantasy based on a selection of works by author Raymond Jean. The delectable Miou Miou earned a Cesar nomination for her playing of the dual roles of Constance a woman who shares her love of literature with her boyfriend and Marie a character in the book in which she is immersed... Winner of the Prix Louis Delluc the rich and boldly mesmerising 'La Lectrice' is a treat for both eyes and

• Boystown | DVD | (17/11/2008) from £5.45   |  Saving you £9.54 (175.05%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Reminiscent of the outrageous early films of Almodvar this ebullient farce is a smorgasbord of hot men and raucous comedy with a sassy Spanish flavor! Sinfully handsome Victor is a real estate agent in Madrid's expanding candy-colored 'gaybourhood'. But Victor hides a wicked little secret - he murders old ladies then flips their flats to gorgeous upwardly-mobile men. When bearish couple Rey and Leo inherit the latest victim's abode they move Rey's saucy-mouthed mother in. But the aging diva doesn't fit Victor's vision of the ultimate gay paradise and now it's up to an eccentric detective and her sexually confused son to uncover the scheme.

• Il Postino (Dual Format Edition) | Blu Ray | (15/10/2018) from £22.19   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Inspired by an incident in Pablo Neruda's life, the Nobel Prize winner, played by Philipe Noiret (Cinema Paradiso). The engaging blend of easy humour and sunny romance takes hold from the start and never lets go. Much of its seductive charm derives from the excellence of the leads: Noiret does his gruff but malleable turn to perfection, while Troisi (Italy's legendary comic actor, who died as the film finished) exudes a simplicity of heart, mind and soul that never seems excessively sentimental. Mercifully, director Michael Radford (1984, White Mischief, Merchant of Venice) avoids making the small peasant community too glamorously Arcadian. Old-fashioned it may be, but it knocks the spots off pap like Cinema Paradiso. Extras: Brand new interview with Director Michael Radford TBA: will include new Extras on the making of

• Spaghetti Western Collection - A Fistful Of Dollars/The Good, The Bad And The Ugly/For A Few Dollars More | Blu Ray | (07/06/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  The Sergio Leone Spaghetti Westerns did not simply add a new chapter to the genre... they reinvented it. From his shockingly violent and stylized breakthrough A Fistful Of Dollars to the film Quentin Tarantino calls the best directed movie of all time The Good The Bad And The Ugly Leone's vision did for westerns what talkies did for all movies back in the 1920s: it elevated them to an entirely new art form. Fully restored presented with their best-ever audio and including audio commentaries featurettes and more these films are much more than just the definitive Leone collection... they are the most ambitious and influential westerns ever made. Titles Comprise: A Fistful Of Dollars: The first of the spaghetti westerns A Fistful Of Dollars became an instant cult hit. It also launched the film careers of Italian Writer-Director Sergio Leone and a little known American television actor named Clint Eastwood. As the lean cold-eye cobra-quick gunfighter - Clint became the first of the anti-heroes. The cynical enigmatic loner with a clouded past is the same character Eastwood fans have been savouring ever since. A Fistful Of Dollars is the western taken to the extreme - with unremitting violence gritty realism and tongue-in-cheek humour. Leone's direction is taut and stylish and the visuals are striking - from the breathtaking panoramas (in Spain) to the extreme close-ups of quivering lips and darting eyes before the shoot-out begins. And all are accented by renowned film composer Ennio Morricone's quirky haunting score. For A Few Dollars More: Clint Eastwood had proven so successful in his first foray into European Westerns with A Fistful Of Dollars that a follow up sequel was inevitable. Superbly scripted by Luciano Vincenzoni featuring an unforgettable alliance between ruthless gun-slingers Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef. For A Few Dollars More tells the tale of a ruthless quest to track down the notorious bandit El Indio played by Gian Maria Volonte. The film is also noted for its array of weaponry a veritable arsenal of rifles that became so operatic and Ennio Morricone's atmospheric score keeps the tension taut as the action moves from Jail breaks and hold-ups to spectacular gun battles. The Good The Bad And The Ugly: The third and last western in Clint Eastwood's spaghetti trilogy. Director Sergio Leone substitutes for the upright puritan Protestant ethos so familiar in Hollywood westerns a seedy cynical standpoint towards death and mortality as a team of brutal bandits battle to unearth a fortune buried beneath an unmarked grave. Joining Clint clearly The Good is the irredeemably Bad Lee and the resolutely Ugly Eli Wallach. The complete plot of bloodshed and betrayal winds its way through the American Civil War filmed to resemble the French battlefields of World War One to end in the climatic Dance Of Death. Arguably the quintessential Italian Western this 1966 film boasts a fine Ennio Morricone score featuring a main theme that reached No. 1 in the world's pop charts.

• The Bird Of Crystal Plumage | DVD | (27/01/2001) from £6.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (157.37%)   |  RRP £17.99

  An American writer (Tony Musante - Toma TV series) traveling in Rome is the only witness to an attempted murder by a sinister figure in a raincoat and black leather gloves though he is powerless to do anything to stop them. With a feeling that something is not quite right about the scene he has witnessed and the police's inability to make any progress he launches his own personal investigation - and nearly loses his life in the process. While this modern day Jack-the-Ripper type is slithering through the dark byways of Rome slicing up pretty girls director Dario Argento is carving up the emotions of terrified viewers. Dark deeds are mixed with black comedy worthy of Hitchcock in a film of almost unbearable tension and nail-biting suspense.

• Melissa P | DVD | (11/09/2006) from £9.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (100.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on the sensational international best seller 'One Hundred Strokes of the Brush Before Bed' Melissa P is about a steamy tale of raw emotions and frank sexuality. Lonely neglected by her parents and feeling the loss of her grandmother fourteen-year-old Melissa turns to sex as an outlet of expression. Propelling herself into impossibly risky liasons the details of which she records in her diary this modern day Lolita suddenly and dangerously turns into a bold seductress. by turns erotic and harrowing Melissa P's disturbing look into a teenage girl's secret life pushes the envelope of human desires.

• Love Never Dies | Blu Ray | (29/02/2016) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The filmed Australian stage production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's sequel to 'The Phantom of the Opera'. Set in 1907, the story follows the now world-famous soprano Christine Daaé (Anna O'Byrne) as she accepts an invitation from a mysterious impresario to perform at Phantasma, a new attraction at New York's Coney Island. After arriving in Manhattan, Christine, husband Raoul (Simon Gleeson) and son Gustave (Ky Baldwin) are lured to the resort, unaware that it is the Phantom (Ben Lewis) who has arranged her appearance.

• Polar Bear King | DVD | (05/11/2007) from £3.79   |  Saving you £2.20 (58.05%)   |  RRP £5.99

  In a land far far away a jealous witch turns a king into a bear. The bear travels to another far away land and meets a fox. Of course the foxy princess falls for the bear right off the bat and runs off with him to the marriage bed. If you want to find out if the couple live happily ever after and defeats the evil witch watch this film!

• The Cooler - Limited Edition | Blu Ray | (24/12/2018) from £21.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  101 Films presents Wayne Kramer's The Cooler, title number 006 in the 101 Films Black Label range. This Limited Edition version is limited to 3000 copies and includes a slipcase and a booklet. Extras include a brand new feature-length documentary on the making of the film. Bernie Lootz (William H. Macy) is an unlucky guy. Everything he touches turns bad. However, his ill fortune is actually the one thing he depends upon to do his job to the best of his abilities; Bernie Lootz is the best 'cooler' in town. Working in one of Las Vegas' few remaining golden-era casinos, Bernie is employed by the ruthless Shelly (Alec Baldwin in an Oscar® nominated role) to end the winning streak of anyone whose luck is on the up. But life in the bad luck lane has taken its toll and, after working for Shelly for years, Bernie has decided to move on. He then meets the hard-bitten Natalie (Maria Bello) and life takes a turn for the better. But as his fortunes change, so does his ability to 'cool' a winning streak, and soon an unhappy Shelly decides to make sure that Bernie never feels happiness again... Brand New Extras Lady Luck: The Making of The Cooler, a feature length (100 min) documentary on the making of the film, featuring director and writer Wayne Kramer, writer Frank Hannah, actors Alec Baldwin, Arthur Nascarella and Shawn Hatosy, producers Michael A. Pierce and Elliot Lewis Rosenblatt, composer Mark Isham and costume designer Kristin M. Burke. Limited edition booklet: includes ˜In the Shadow of Negativity' by director Wayne Kramer and ˜Heaven and Hell: The Cooler and Hollywood's Vegas' by Scott Harrison. Additional Extras Commentary with director Wayne Kramer and composer Mark Isham Commentary with director Wayne Kramer and cinematographer Jim Whitaker Deleted scenes (SD) Anatomy of a Scene featurette (SD) Storyboard comparisons (SD)