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• Seance on a Wet Afternoon | Blu Ray | (13/01/2020) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Kim Stanley and Richard Attenborough give outstanding performances in this classy British thriller, with Attenborough winning a BAFTA for Best British Actor and Stanley scoring an Oscar nomination. Written and directed by Bryan Forbes - who also won a Writers Guild award, an Edgar and a BAFTA nomination - Seance on a Wet Afternoon is presented here as a brand-new transfer from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio. Myra Savage, a highly-strung spiritual medium, convinces her weak-willed husband to fake a child kidnapping so she can offer her services to the parents when all seems lost. Though horrified at the prospect, he reluctantly goes along with the plan - but becomes more convinced than ever that Myra is losing her grip on reality

• Barca Dreams | DVD | (25/04/2016) from £2.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (334.45%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Jordi Llompart writes and directs this documentary about the history of FC Barcelona. The film charts the rise of the Catalan club, founded by Joan Gamper in 1899, to their current position of worldwide envy and adoration. Featuring interviews with current and former players including Johan Cruyff, Josep Guardiola and Xavi Hernandez, the programme examines how the club has changed the sport with their style of play and famed La Masia academy. The documentary showcases the club's rich success throughout the years including that of their current crop of stars including Andres Iniesta and Lionel Messi.

• Youth Without Youth | DVD | (21/04/2008) from £7.55   |  Saving you £12.44 (164.77%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A love story wrapped in a mystery. Set in Hungary prior to WWII, a timid professor is changed by a cataclysmic event and explores the mysteries of life.

• The Russia House | DVD | (29/04/2002) from £6.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (85.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Intelligent casting, strong performances and the persuasive chemistry between Sean Connery and Michelle Pfeiffer prove the virtues in director Fred Schepisi's well-intended but problematic screen realization of this John Le Carré espionage thriller. At its best, The Russia House depicts the bittersweet nuances of the pivotal affair between a weary, alcoholic London publisher (Connery) and the mysterious Russian beauty (Pfeiffer) who sends him a fateful manuscript exposing the weaknesses beneath Soviet defence technology. Connery's Barley is a gritty, all-too-human figure who's palpably revived by his awakening feelings for Pfeiffer's wan, vulnerable Katya, whose own reciprocal emotions are equally convincing. Together, they weave a poignant romantic duet. The problems, meanwhile, emanate from the story line that brings these opposites together. Le Carré's novels are absorbing but typically internal odysseys that seldom offer the level of straightforward action or simple arcs of plot that the big screen thrives on. For The Russia House, written as glasnost eclipsed the cold war's overt rivalries, Le Carré means to measure how old adversaries must calibrate their battle to a more subtle, subdued match of wits. Barley himself becomes enmeshed in the mystery of the manuscript because British intelligence chooses to use him as cat's paw rather than become directly involved. Such subtlety may be a more realistic take on the spy games of the recent past but it makes for an often tedious, talky alternative to taut heroics that Connery codified in his most celebrated early espionage role. If the suspense thus suffers, we're still left with an affecting love story, as well as some convincing sniping between British and US intelligence operatives, beautifully cast with James Fox, Roy Scheider and John Mahoney. Veteran playwright Tom Stoppard brings considerable style to the dialogue, without solving the problem of giving us more than those verbal exchanges to sustain dramatic interest. --Sam Sutherland

• Grown Ups | Blu Ray | (17/01/2011) from £6.41   |  Saving you £16.58 (258.66%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Adam Sandler leads an all-star comedy cast as a troupe of former college friends discover that growing older doesn't mean growing up.

• Godzilla | Blu Ray | (02/11/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In the steamy jungles of the South Pacific an enormous creature is created by nuclear fallout. Lost for decades the power and the fury of the world's largest monster are about to be unleashed. He's the most spectacular creature in cinematic history with a foot the size of a bus a body as tall as London's Big Ben and strength and agility the likes of which the world has never seen.

• The Working Class Goes to Heaven | Blu Ray | (20/03/2023) from £15.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Gian Maria Volonté (A Fistful of Dollars) stars in one of provocative filmmaker Elio (Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion) Petri's most politically charged films as factory worker Lulu: a man on the verge of a nervous breakdown, following an accident at work. Too tired to sleep with his girlfriend, cut out of his son's life by his ex, humiliated and disrespected, The Working Class Go to Heaven is an oftentimes surreal and darkly comic look at the life of an everyday Italian trying to find a sense of purpose in a world where he is only allowed to be a tool for industry. A savage takedown of capitalism and industrial corruption, the film was recipient of the prestigious Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or and features a gloriously unhinged, award-winning performance from Volonté, accompanied by an exceptional score by Ennio Morricone and stunning cinematography by Luigi Kuveiller (Deep Red). Limited Edition Special Features 2K restoration of the film Original uncompressed mono PCM audio New and improved English subtitle translation Archival interview with Elio Petri from the Cannes Film Festival Career-encompassing archival interview with Gian Maria Volonté from French TV Archival interview with actor Corrado Solari Appreciation of Gian Maria Volonté and the film by filmmaker Alex Cox A visual essay by scholar Matthew Kowalski on Petri and politics The Working Class Goes to Heaven - Background to a Film Shot in Novara (2006), by Serena Checcucci and Enrico Omodeo Salé; an unconventional making-of documentary, exploring the real-life factory location where the film was shot and the story behind the film's production there, as told by the staff, film extras and crew Trailer

• Eugene - Marquis De Sade's Philosophy In The Bourdoir | DVD | (28/01/2013) from £19.33   |  Saving you £-9.34 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Spanish director Jésus Franco directs this controversial sado-masochistic drama regarded by many as his masterpiece. Based on the novel 'Philosophy in the Boudoir' by Marquis De Sade the film tells the story of an innocent young woman Eugenie (Marie Liljedahl) who is taken by her father (Franco regular Jack Taylor) to stay at an island paradise at the request of the elegant Madame de Saint Ange (Maria Rohm) with whom he is obsessed. There Eugenie becomes the unwitting pawn in a game of sexual debauchery and sadomasochistic pleasure as the enigmatic hostess and her stepbrother conspire to corrupt her transforming her from a virginal innocent into a sexually-charged drug-addicted sadist.

• The Bridge: Season 1-4 | DVD | (02/07/2018) from £34.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When a body is found on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden, right on the border, Danish inspector Martin Rohde and Swedish Saga Norén have to share jurisdiction and work together to find the killer.

• A Bay of Blood | DVD | (02/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

• Das Testament Des Dr Mabuse | Blu Ray | (24/09/2012) from £13.35   |  Saving you £6.64 (49.74%)   |  RRP £19.99

  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...

• The Wonders | DVD | (14/09/2015) from £6.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (157.37%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Alice Rohrwacher writes and directs this drama set in Italy. 12-year-old Gelsomina (Maria Alexandra Lungu) works as a beekeeper on her father Wolfgang (Sam Louwyck)'s farm while taking care of her younger sisters. Wolfgang, who is under pressure to improve the conditions of his honey lab in order to comply with new farming laws, hires teenager Martin (Luis Huilca) as a farmhand. Meanwhile, a TV presenter Milly Catena (Monica Bellucci) arrives with her crew who are there to film a competition in which the prize for the most traditional family is a sum of money and a cruise. Gelsomina wishes to take part and, despite her father's protests, seeks out Milly. When the summer comes to a close the young girl's life will be changed forever...

• Extreme Prejudice | Blu Ray | (06/06/2022) from £11.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The classic cult film based on a story by John Milius (Apocalypse Now, Magnum Force) and directed by Walter Hill (Red Heat, The Driver), EXTREME PREJUDICE is a 1987 Neo-western action thriller punctuated with intense violence. Nick Nolte (Cape Fear, 48 Hrs.) stars as tough Texas Ranger Jack Benteen, on a bloody crusade as he fights to bring down his childhood friend Cash Bailey (Powers Boothe: Sin City, Tombstone), now a ruthless drug baron operating across the Mexican border. Jack is recruited by the CIA after his intervention in an attempted bank robbery to terminate Cash with extreme prejudice. He must also reckon with the clandestine Zombie Unit - an army of veterans officially killed-in-action but now on a top-secret assignment led by Major Paul Hackett (Michael Ironside: Total Recall, Top Gun) who are on his turf in pursuit of the narcotics kingpin, leading to an epic showdown. Also starring Maria Conchita Alonso (The Running Man, Vampire's Kiss) as Sarita, the lover caught between the two men and Rip Torn (Cross Creek, Men In Black) as the local Sheriff. Part of the STUDIOCANAL Cult Classics collection, featuring an exclusive set of art cards and available on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK. Product Features Audio Commentary with Film Historians C. Courtney Joyner and Henry Parke Isolated Score Selections with Audio Interview from Music Historian John Takis The Major's Agenda An Interview with Actor Michael Ironside The War Within An Interview with Actor Clancy Brown Capturing The Chaos An Interview with Director Of Photography Matthew F. Leonetti Original Trailers, Vintage EPK & Stills Gallery

• BODIES BODIES BODIES | Blu Ray | (28/11/2022) from £6.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When a group of rich 20-somethings plan a hurricane party at a remote family mansion, a party game goes awry in this fresh and funny look at backstabbing, fake friends, and one party gone very, very wrong.

• Table 19 | DVD | (31/07/2017) from £6.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Ex-maid of honour Eloise (Anna Kendrick) - having been relieved of her duties after being unceremoniously dumped by the best man via text - decides to hold her head up high and attend her oldest friend's wedding anyway.

• The Banishment | Blu Ray | (16/04/2018) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Sumptuously photographed, the rural family drama from award-winning director Andrei Zvyagintsev. Set in an unnamed location and time, the story follows Alex (Konstantin Lavronenko), Vera (Maria Bonnevie), their young son and daughter, and Alex's brother Mark (Alexander Baluyev), as they relocate from the city to Alex and Mark's father's old house in the country. Once there, Vera tells Alex that she is pregnant by another man, causing Alex to face huge personal dilemmas, wondering whether to forgive her or exact revenge. Acting on advice from his malevolent brother, Alex demands that Vera terminate the pregnancy. But when complications suddenly arise, Alex's weakening grasp on reality threatens to place events beyond his control.Released on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK.

• Last Tango In Paris | DVD | (24/04/2000) from £7.77   |  Saving you £8.22 (105.79%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Penetrate the moody sensual world of Last Tango in Paris and prepare yourself for 'the most controversial film of its era'. Nominated for two Academy Awards and exuding a sexual energy unlike any film before or after this is the scintillating classic that shocked a nation and 'altered the face of an art form'. He (Brando) is a 45-year-old American living in Paris haunted by his wife's suicide. She (Maria Schneider) is 20 year old Parisian beauty engaged to a young filmmaker. Though nameless to each other these tortured souls come together to satisfy their sexual cravings in an apartment as bare as their dark tragic lives. Caught up in the frenzied beat of a carnal dance they cannot seem to stop these unlikely lovers take their passion to erotic heights - and depths - beyond anything they could ever have imagined.

• Evita: 15th Anniversary Edition | Blu Ray | (19/06/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Pasolini Blu-ray Collection (6-disc set) | Blu Ray | (02/11/2015) from £39.99   |  Saving you £30.00 (75.02%)   |  RRP £69.99

  The Pasolini collection brings together six controversial films by the legendary Italian filmmaker, including his bawdy 'Trilogy of Life' films (The Decameron, Canterbury Tales and Arabian Nights), all of which feature scores by the Academy Award winning composer Ennio Morricone. Also included is Pasolini's brutal adaptation of Euripedes' Medea, starring opera sensation Maria Callas in her only film role, the scandalous modern drama Theorem, featuring a youthful Terence Stamp, and Pasolini's final, shocking film, Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, based on the writings of the infamous Marquis De Sade. These intense, shocking and often extreme films challenged audiences and critics upon their original release, and they continue to do so today. Pasolini's legacy can be felt in the raw and energetic cinema of independent filmmakers such as Miike Takashi (whose Visitor Q is a re-interpretation of Theorem) and Abel Ferrara (whose latest film explores Pasolini's final days, with Willem Dafoe (The Last Temptation of Christ) playing the great director).

• Christmas Shoes | DVD | (14/11/2011) from £5.75   |  Saving you £-0.76 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Seasonal drama based on the novel by Donna van Liere. Two stories intertwine: in the first, Rob Lowe stars as Robert Layton, a workaholic lawyer who is drifting away from his wife, Kate (Maria del Mar) and his family. In the second, a little boy, Nathan (Max Morrow), tries to raise the cash to buy a pair of red shoes for his mother, who is dying from a congenital heart defect. As Robert's path crosses with Nathan's, he is moved to learn the value of love, family and giving.