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• Miss Kobayashi s Dragon Maid: The Complete Series - Blu-ray + Free Digital Copy | Blu Ray | (17/08/2020) from £16.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid contains anime episodes 1-13 of the anime directed by Yasuhiro Takemoto. What happens when a drunken promise leads to living with a dragon? That's Miss Kobayashi's new reality when Tohru, her new maid-slash-dragon appears in her life! And if one wasn't enough, in comes Kanna, a little dragon with a big attitude. Soon, Kobayashi has a house full of adorable dragons - one serving tail and the other serving serious moe.

• Neo-Realist Box Set | DVD | (25/09/2006) from £33.23   |  Saving you £1.76 (5.30%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Rome Open City: Roberto Rossellini's startling depiction of Nazi-occupied World War II Rome and one of the most prominent examples of his neorealist cinematic style is the story of a tenaciously held underground resistance against the Germans. When its leader Manfredi (Marcello Pagliero) and a priest Don Pietro (Aldo Fabrizi) are captured the resistance collapses with disastrous personal results to all. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Screenplay; Fellini collaborated with Rossellini in the writing of the script. 'Open City' is all the more remarkable in that it was made immediately following the liberation of Rome had been developed while Rossellini himself was in hiding and was filmed in the locations where the true events that the story are based on occurred. (Dir. Roberto Rossellini 1945) The Bicycle Thieves: After nearly two years of unemployment Antonio (Lamberto Maggiorani) finally finds work posting bills. But he needs a bicycle to do the job. Unfortunately he was forced to pawn his own bicycle long ago. In a humbling tragic scene Antonio exchanges his family's linen for his bicycle. But when the bike is stolen on his first day of work he must comb the streets of Rome in search of the bike: his family's only means to survival. Shot on location in Rome and using non-actors as a means of heightening the reality of the film Ladri Di Biciclette received the Honorary Award for Best Foreign Film at the 1950 Oscars. (Dir. Vittorio De Sica 1948) Miracle In Milan: Once upon a time an old woman discovered a young child in her cabbage patch. She cared for him until her death at which time the boy was placed into an orphanage. When the child is released from the orphanage he inspires shantytown squatters to improve their huts and enjoy the world. But as they begin to rebuild the squatters strike oil. The landowner evicts them wanting the oil for himself. But the old woman drops down from heaven to give Toto a magical dove which grants them whatever wish they want. Winner of the Grand Prize at the 1951 Cannes Film Festival - tied with Frken Julie. (Dir. Vittorio De Sica 1951) Umberto D: Retired civil servant Umberto struggles to survive on his rapidly dwindling pension in the harsh environment of post-World War II Rome a city plagued by its society's total disregard for the plight of the elderly the poor and the downtrodden. His only companions are his loyal dog Flag and a pregnant housemaid named Maria (Maria-Pia Casilio). Facing eviction from his humble home by his tyrannical landlady (Lina Gennari) Umberto's desperate failed attempts to raise money lead him to contemplate suicide. But first he must find a home for his little dog. Filmed on location in Rome with a totally non-professional cast Vittorio De Sica's compassionate but unsentimental handling of Umberto's tale devastatingly conveys the wretchedness of poverty and old age. 'Umberto D' is a deeply emotional and moving film that has quite rightly been hailed as a timeless classic of modern cinema. (Dir. Vittorio De Sica 1952) I Vitelloni: Five young men linger in post-adolescent limbo dreaming of adventure and escape from their small seacoast town. They while away their time spending the lira doled out by their indulgent families on drink women and nights at the local pool hall. Federico Fellini's second solo directorial effort is a semi-autobiographical masterpiece of sharply drawn character sketches. An international success and recipient of an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay I Vitelloni compassionately details a year in the life of small-town layabouts struggling to find meaning in their lives. (Dir. Federico Fellini 1953)

• Paradise: Faith/Paradise: Hope/Paradise: Love | DVD | (30/09/2013) from £19.49   |  Saving you £5.50 (22.00%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Trilogy from provocateur director Ulrich Siedl...Love / Faith / Hope.

• Der Hexentöter von Blackmoor (+ 2 Bonus-DVDs) (+ 1 CD) | Blu Ray | (09/07/2020) from £51.22   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Puccini: Il Trittico | Blu Ray | (28/05/2012) from £25.09   |  Saving you £4.90 (19.53%)   |  RRP £29.99

  OA 7102D; OPUS ARTE - BBC - Inghilterra; Classica Lirica

• Camp Rock | DVD | (01/12/2008) from £4.98   |  Saving you £10.01 (201.00%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Camp Rock tells the rock n' roll Cinderella story of Mitchie Torres (Demi Lovato), a teen with an amazing voice and a driving ambition to be a pop singer who wants to spend her summer at a prestigious rock camp.

• Chuggington | DVD | (30/03/2009) from £9.94   |  Saving you £3.05 (30.68%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Wake up Chuggers! This dynamic new 3D-CGI series on CBeebies follows the enchanting adventures of three young trainee engines Wilson Brewster and Koko in the fun and vibrant land of Chuggington. As the children ride along with the playful engines adventures and discoveries they will be introduced to core pre-school values such as teamwork and friendship. Chuggington promises to be a great hit with children and parents alike so come aboard and enjoy the ride!

• The Big Boss Limited Edition 4K UHD | Blu Ray | (13/11/2023) from £24.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The Big Boss Limited Edition . An instant box office sensation upon its original release in Hong Kong in 1971, The Big Boss is the film that catapulted former child actor and Hollywood TV sidekick Bruce Lee to cinematic superstardom.Cheng Chao-on (Lee) moves to Thailand to work at a factory alongside his uncle and cousins. However, a ruthless crime boss (Han Ying-chieh, Come Drink with Me) and his gang are using the factory to smuggle dope, and whoever stumbles upon this unfortunate secret promptly meets a grisly end. When some of Cheng’s friends and cousins disappear, he is forced to set aside the vow of pacifism he made to his mother and unleash his fists of fury in order to bring those responsible to bloody justice...Directed by Lo Wei, The Big Boss forever changed the landscape of Hong Kong action cinema, signalling kung fu’s dominance over the genre for years to come. Lee’s big breakthrough now looks more glorious than ever in a 4K restoration with hours of insightful bonus features, including the restored 110 Mandarin Cut of the film that first stunned audiences in Hong Kong back in 1971.LIMITED EDITION 4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY CONTENTS. • Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring writing on the film by Walter Chaw. • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella. DISC 1: THE BIG BOSS. • 4K (2160p) Ultra HD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) of the 99-minute 1983 version of The Big Boss, restored by Arrow Films from the original negative. • Original restored Mandarin, English and Cantonese mono audio. • Two English mono options, the standard mix and a Japanese mix with alternate score. • English subtitles, plus optional subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing for the English dubs. • Two feature commentaries, one by David Desser and one by Brandon Bentley. • Two alternate versions with lossless mono audio: the English Export Cut, featuring a rare alternate English dub track (some scenes in Mandarin); and the 100-min US Theatrical Cut. • Return to Thailand, a documentary produced and presented by Matt Routledge exploring the original filming locations. • Recently uncovered deleted and extended scenes, with optional commentary by Bentley. • The Not-Quite-Biggest Boss, a video essay by Bentley investigating the scenes still lost, such as the ‘saw-in-the-head’ scene. • Archive interviews with co-star Lau Wing and stuntman Tung Wai. • Bruce Lee Vs. Peter Thomas, a short video essay about the music for the English version. • Alternate credits sequences. • Trailer gallery, including a ‘Before The Big Boss’ reel and the trailer for lost sequel The Big Boss Part II. • Image gallery. DISC 2: THE BIG BOSS – THE MANDARIN CUT. • 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) of the 110-min Mandarin Cut of The Big Boss, restored by Arrow Films. • Original lossless mono audio. • English subtitles for the Mandarin Cut. • Axis of English, a video essay by Will Offutt profiling the English dubbing actors for The Big Boss, Fist of Fury and The Way of the Dragon. • Unrestored raw scan of the Mandarin Cut (1080p only)

• A Fistful of Dollars Limited Edition 4K UHD | Blu Ray | (12/05/2025) from £29.65   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  It wasn't really the first film of its kind, but the western all'Italiana or spaghetti Western was never the same again after Sergio Leone's groundbreaking A Fistful of Dollars, starring Clint Eastwood in the classic role that made him an international icon. A nameless stranger (Eastwood) rides into the Mexican border town of San Miguel and quickly finds himself in the middle of a bloody battle for power between two rival families, the Baxters and the Rojos. Cannily realising there's money to be made from playing each side against the other, the Man with No Name soon finds himself caught in the crossfire as the body count escalates, his only chance of escape a standoff against the Rojos' mercilessly cruel leader, Ramón (Gian Maria Volonté). Leone's clever and contemporary inversion of Western archetypes was not only the first entry in a much-beloved trilogy, but the director's first collaboration with the brilliant composer Ennio Morricone. Now fully uncut and freshly restored in glorious 4K with an arsenal of new and old bonus material, the Man with No Name rides again like never before! 4K ULTRA-HD LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS ¢ Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella ¢ Perfect bound collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Henry Blyth, Bilge Ebiri, Pasquale Iannone and Eloise Ross ¢ Double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella DISC 1 FEATURE (4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY) ¢ New 4K restoration from the original 2-perf Techniscope negative ¢ 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) ¢ Original English and Italian front and end titles ¢ Newly restored original lossless English and Italian mono audio ¢ Optional newly remixed lossless English and Italian DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio ¢ Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack ¢ Optional English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack ¢ Audio commentary by film historian and Leone biographer Sir Christopher Frayling ¢ Audio commentary by film historian and critic Tim Lucas ¢ Trailers, TV spots and radio spots DISC 2 EXTRAS (BLU-RAY) ¢ When It All Started, a newly filmed interview with film historian and critic Fabio Melelli ¢ Four Fingers Four Picks, a newly filmed interview with guitarist Bruno Battisti D'Amario ¢ Wind & Fire, a newly filmed interview with Morricone biographer Alessandro de Rosa ¢ A Night at the Movies, a newly filmed interview with filmmaker Paolo Bianchini ¢ A Fistful of Outtakes, highlights from the original rushes ¢ The Day the Soundtrack Changed, a new visual essay by musician and disc collector Lovely Jon exploring the film's iconic score ¢ Marisol: Leone's Madonna of the West, an archival interview with co-star Marianne Koch ¢ The Frayling Archives and A New Kind of Hero, two archival interviews with Sir Christopher Frayling ¢ A Few Days in Spain, an archival interview with Clint Eastwood ¢ Tre Voci, an archival featurette with Leone collaborators Mickey Knox, Sergio Donati and Alberto Grimaldi ¢ Opening scene with Harry Dean Stanton filmed for the film's US TV debut in 1975, plus an archival interview with the prologue's director Monte Hellman ¢ Restoration Italian Style, an archival featurette on the film's remastering for DVD ¢ Location Comparisons 19642004, an archival featurette ¢ Alternate credits sequences ¢ Three comprehensive image galleries: A Fistful of Pictures, On the Set and Promoting ˜A Fistful of Dollars' COMING IN MAY 2025... FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE! COMING IN JUNE 2025... THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY!

• Marshland (La Isla Minima) | DVD | (14/09/2015) from £8.15   |  Saving you £7.84 (96.20%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Set in Andalusia's wetlands in 1980 at the start of Spain's transition to democracy, two teenage girls go missing in a remote and forgotten town, bringing together two troubled homicide detectives. With contrasting approaches, Juan (Javier Gutiérrez) and Pedro (Raúl Arévalo) must put aside their differences to hunt a predator who for years has terrorised a community rooted in misogyny and machismo. MARSHLAND triumphed at the 2015 Spanish Academy Goya Awards with 10 wins including Best Film, Best Director (Alberto Rodríguez), Best Actor (Javier Gutiérrez), Best Original Screenplay (Alberto Rodríguez and Rafael Cobos), Best Cinematography (Alex Catalán) and Best Breakthrough Performance (Nerrea Barros). This Warner Bros Spain production is one of the major recent success stories in Spanish cinema and was a box office hit when it opened in its home territory last year.

• Violence in a Women's Prison | Blu Ray | (19/09/2022) from £16.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Another entry in the Italian run of popular ˜Emmanuelle' sex movies, Bruno Mattei's presentation of caged female sleaze delivers a suitably charged piece of institution-based exploitation wrought with cat fights corruption and claustrophobic tension. When investigative journalist Emmanuelle (Laura Gemser) pretends to be a drug dealer so that she can go to prison and write an expose of life inside Santa Catrina, a women's penitentiary, she experiences humiliation, violence and is made to suffer solitary confinement and other random punishments. Violence in a Women's Prison is the seventh entry in the Emmanuelle series and provides fans of this fascinating sub-genre with another sensationalist feature. A must for cult film collectors everywhere.

• For a Few Dollars More | Blu Ray | (03/06/2013) from £8.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (77.86%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When two rival bounty hunters (Oscar Winner Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef) learn they're both after the same murderous bandit, they join forces in hopes of bringing him to justice. But all is not as it seems in the hard-hitting second installment of Sergio Leone's trilogy starring Eastwood as the famed Man With No Name.

• Out Of Africa | Blu Ray | (03/02/2014) from £21.99   |  Saving you £-7.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Sydney Pollack's 1985 multiple-Oscar winner is a sumptuous and emotionally satisfying film about the life of Danish writer Karen Blixen (Meryl Streep), better known as Isak Dinesen, who travels to Kenya to be with her German husband (Klaus Maria Brandauer) but falls for an English adventurer (Robert Redford). The film is slow in developing the relationship, but it is rich in beautiful images of Africa and in the romantic tone surrounding Blixen's gradual discovery of her life and voice. One downside: while we may all love Redford, he is as convincingly British as Kevin Costner is in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. --Tom Keogh

• Russian Ark | DVD | (29/09/2003) from £6.81   |  Saving you £13.18 (193.54%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Russian master Alexander Sokurov has tapped into the very flow of history itself for the flabbergasting Russian Ark. Thanks to the miracles of digital video, Sokurov (and cinematographer Tilman Buttner) uses a single, unbroken, 90-minute shot to wind his way through the Hermitage in St Petersburg--the repository of Russian art and the former home to royalty. Gliding through time, we glimpse Catherine II, modern-day museumgoers, and the doomed family of Nicholas II. History collapses on itself, as the opulence of the past and the horrors of the 20th century collide, and each door that opens onto yet another breathtaking gallery is another century to be heard from. The movie climaxes with a grand ball and thousands of extras, prompting thoughts of just how crazy Sokurov had to be to try a technical challenge like this--and how far a distance we've travelled, both physically and spiritually, since the movie began. --Robert Horton

• 99 Women | DVD | (28/01/2013) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Sleaze epic in which three women are sent to a kind of 'Devil's Island' prison where aside from the sinister Governor Santos (Herbert Lom) the inhabitants are all either sex-crazed female prisoners or sex-crazed female guards (who also happen to be sadists...) Features copious amounts of lesbian torture and sex numerous displays of hot and sweaty semi-naked women - all wearing stockings and very little else.

• Rubbadubbers - Here Come The Rubbadubbers | DVD | (12/05/2003) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-7.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  One big splash of adventure after another the Rubbadubbers stories will take you off to fantastic lands of toothbrush trees bath-rack sailing ships and spongy desert islands. The Rubbadubbers are a group of bath toys with wild imaginations and their exploits will thrill every child who knows that the most exciting adventures are the ones inside your head. All you have to do is say ""if only"".... Scary Finbar - Finbar wants to be a Mighty Scary Shark but soon realises that it's not

• The Passion Of Joan Of Arc (1928) (Masters of Cinema) Dual Format (Blu-ray & DVD) edition | Blu Ray | (21/08/2017) from £14.29   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  One of the most emotional film experiences of any era, Carl Theodor Dreyer s 1928 The Passion of Joan of Arc [La Passion de Jeanne d Arc / Jeanne d Arc s lidelse og dod.] is a miracle of the cinema, an enigmatic and profoundly moving work that merges the worlds of the viewer and of saintly Joan herself into one shared experience of hushed delirium. Dreyer s film charts the final days of Joan of Arc as she undergoes the debasement that accompanies her trial for charges of heresy through her imprisonment and execution at the stake. The portrayal of Joan by Renée Maria Falconetti is frequently heralded as the all-time finest performance in the history of film, and Dreyer s unusual and virtuosic method, in seeming to render the very soul of his actress, vaulted the director decisively into the ranks of the art form s supreme geniuses. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present The Passion of Joan of Arc in an exclusively restored version, presented in both 20fps and 24fps playback speeds, and featuring Dreyer s own original Danish-language intertitles. DUAL FORMAT SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES: Special edition O-card (First pressing only) Exclusively restored high-definition master presented in the film s original aspect ratio, in 1080p on the Blu-ray Presented in both 20fps and 24fps playback speeds Optional audio tracks: a piano score performed by Japanese silent film composer Mie Yanashita (for the 20fps option), and a radical new accompaniment by esteemed American avant-garde musician Loren Connors (for the 24fps version) Newly translated optional English subtitles for Dreyer s original Danish intertitles The complete Lo Duca version of the film the version (featuring an alternate edit and soundtrack) that circulated in France and around the world for decades before the rediscovery of Dreyer s director s cut | Video demonstration of the restoration A collector s booklet featuring writing on the film, alongside rare archival production imagery

• The Banana Splits Movie | Blu Ray | (26/08/2019) from £8.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  American horror comedy based on the 1968 Hanna-Barbera TV series. On his birthday, young Harley (Finlay Wojtak-Hissong) and his family attend a live recording of 'The Banana Splits' TV show. However, when it is announced that the show is going to be cancelled, the fun-filled afternoon turns to one of horror as the show's fuzzy robotic characters take over the studio and embark on a gruesome killing spree.

• Predator 2 (Special Edition) | DVD | (18/04/2005) from £11.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (91.74%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Predator wreaked havoc in the jungle and struck box-office gold, so Hollywood logic dictated that Predator 2 should raise hell in the big, bad city. Los Angeles, to be specific, and this near-future L.A. (circa 1997) is an ultra-violent playground for the invisibility-cloaked alien that hunted Arnold Schwarzenegger in the previous film. Scant explanation is given for the creature's return, and because Ah-nuld was busy making Total Recall, Danny Glover was awkwardly installed as the maverick cop (is there any other kind?) who defies a government goon (Gary Busey) to curtail the alien's inner-city killing spree. But why bother, when the victims are scummy Colombian drug lords? Don't look for intelligent answers; director Stephen Hopkins favors wall-to-wall action over sensible plotting, allowing Stan Winston's more prominently featured Predator to join the ranks of iconic movie monsters. And anticipating Alien vs. Predator, there's a familiar-looking skull in the Predator's trophy case! --Jeff Shannon

• Faccia A Faccia | DVD | (20/06/2011) from £6.65   |  Saving you £9.34 (58.40%)   |  RRP £15.99

  One of the best films from Italian genre master Sergio Sollima (The Big Gundown) Faccia a Faccia (Face to Face ) is a gangbusting western saga and a gripping parable of the rise of fascism. Upstanding history professor Brad Fletcher (played by the incomparable Gian Maria Volonte) is forced into retirement by his poor health and moves west for the warmer climate. Almost as soon as he arrives however he is taken hostage by famed bandit Solomon Bennett (the great Tomas Milian) in an accidental confrontation and by necessity is forced to take up with his cohorts. But the learned man's growing identification with the gang encourages him to stage a takeover from Bennett and a new crueller system of leadership is put into place. Produced by Sergio Leone's longtime partner Alberto Grimaldi featuring stunning Techniscope cinematography and a pounding score by il maestro Ennio Morricone.