"Actor: Maria"

• Wicked World (AGFA) | Blu Ray | (15/08/2022) from £17.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Total horror anarchy from the makers of THINGS! In 1989, filmmaker Barry J. Gillis and friends renewed the world's faith in Canada with the horror brainbomb known as THINGS. But that was only the beginning. Virtually unseen until now, WICKED WORLD is not only Gillis' 1991 follow-up to THINGS it's also a new form of genre anarchy. Grant Ekland (Gillis) is a cop who is haunted by the death of his girlfriend at the hands of a psychotic slasher named Harold. When Harold is released from an asylum, there's only one option for Ekland: revenge! Filled with metal riffage, gnarly ultra-violence, and experimental techniques, WICKED WORLD feels like what would happen if Salvador Dali injected acid directly into his brain while staring at a Cannibal Corpse LP cover. This is a highly personal treatise on the toxicity of society from one of the most singular fi lmmakers in trash horror history. If you survive WICKED WORLD, you'll never forget it. Special Features: New transfer of the cut from the original 3/4 master tapes Unseen 2019 director's cut Commentary with director Barry J. Gillis REALITY: BEHIND THE SCENES OF WICKED WORLD documentary Marshall Law music video by Barry J. Gillis, and more! English subtitles

• Auto Focus | DVD | (29/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  An absorbing glimpse into the colorful life, and mysterious death, of actor Bob Crane, star of classic 60s sit com "Hogan's Heroes."

• Abduction | Blu Ray | (24/12/2012) from £6.00   |  Saving you £18.99 (316.50%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Taylor Lautner explodes on-screen as a young man whose secret past is set to collide with a dangerous reality. After uncovering a deadly lie, Nathan (Lautner) is propelled on a lethal, no-holds-barred mission to learn the truth. Aided by a devoted family friend (Sigourney Weaver), Nathan's hunt for the facts pits him against ruthless assassins and questionable allies.

• March of Millions - A WWII story of an unparalleled mass exodus (Multi Award Winning) | DVD | (17/01/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Conspiracy Theory / Payback | DVD | (24/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  Conspiracy Theory: New York cab driver and conspiracy buff Jerry Fletcher (Mel Gibson) knows about the secret movers shakers and assassins who really control things. Trying to put Justice Department attorney Alice Sutton (Julia Roberts) in the know he's run out of her of office. Soon both will run for their lives. The two stars conspire for suspense romance and twists that click like a rush-hour taximeter. (Dir. Richard Donner 1997 Cert. 15) Payback: Mel Gibson po

• Burial Of The Rats | DVD | (19/06/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Bram Stoker and his father are travelling in 19th century France when Bram is captured and taken to a coven of rat worshipping female bandits scantily clad in rat-pelt bikinis. Supported by man-eating rats these warrior women undertake murderous raids on men who have wronged them and use Bram to chronicle their events. But does his love for one of the Amazonian rat women instigate sympathy for their cause?

• Graduation | Blu Ray | (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.

• To Die For | DVD | (06/11/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

• Cult Spaghetti Westerns Box Set | DVD | (21/06/2010) from £11.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (150.15%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Episodes Comprise: Django: Banned in UK until the 90s Sergio Corbucci's influential western stars Franco Nero as Django the mysterious lone gunfighter who arrives in a bleak muddrenched town. Caught in the middle of a violent feud between two gangs of sadistic bandits Django will need to fight for his life armed with his devastating revolving Gatling gun. A Bullet For The General aka QUIEN SABE? During the Mexican Revolution a gang of bandits led by the charismatic El Chuncho (a mesmerising Gian Maria Volont'' - of the DOLLARS films) are stealing weapons for the rebel General Elias. During a raid on a train a mysterious gringo Tate assists the bandits by killing the train driver. Tate infiltrates the gang which also includes the crazed priest El Santo (Klaus Kinski) and the beautiful Adelita (007's Martine Beswick). But Tate is in fact a covert US assassin sent to kill the rebel General Elias. Featuring music by Oscar Winner Ennio Morricone. Keoma is director Enzo G. Castellari 's (The Bronx Warriors; the original Inglorious Bastards) acknowledged masterpiece. Franco Nero stars as Keoma a gunslinger who on his return to his hometown finds his half brothers have joined the evil gang of a sadistic local villain. Intent on restoring law and order Keoma aided by the banjo-playing (Woody Strode) must fight this horde of ruthless killers to the bitter deadly end.

• Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers) | DVD | (04/12/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  L'Italiana in Algeri, Rossini's first real hit as a writer of comic opera, is one of those almost unsinkable works difficult to get entirely right. Michael Hampe's production for the 1987 Schwetzinger festival captures both its charm and its sense of menace--the court of the Bey is both a setting for farce and a place in which the Italian characters are at the mercy of a despot who will not necessarily find things funny. Gunther von Kannen's Mustafa is a convincing Bey of Algiers, with all the arrogance of power and the vulnerability to mockery that goes with it. His adversary, the tough witty proto-feminist Isabella, is given real presence in Doris Soffel's performance--it is entirely credible, listening to her throaty mezzo, that everyone else should be more-than-a-little in love with her. The slightly effete tenor of Robert Gambill as her lover Lindoro makes him a perfect partner in intrigue for her. Conducting Rossini is not just a matter of winding the crescendos up and letting them go; Ralf Weikert is particularly fine in the complicated finale of Act One with its imitations of bells and drums and its complicated vocal lines. The DVD comes with menu material in English, French, German and Spanish, and with English, French and German subtitles; the stereo sound is particularly crisp. --Roz Kaveney

• Rome, Open City | DVD | (11/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  '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 collaborat

• Offenbach - La Vie Parisienne (Rouland) | DVD | (03/11/2008) from £14.25   |  Saving you £-5.26 (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.99

  OFFENBACH: La vie parisienne - Sebastien Rouland/ Laurent Pelly.

• The Night Of San Lorenzo | DVD | (17/04/2006) from £12.95   |  Saving you £0.04 (0.31%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The night of the shooting stars is the night when dreams come true in Italian folklore. After hearing rumours of an impending Nazi plot to blow up their town a group of Italians flee...

• Treasure Island | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £6.64   |  Saving you £-0.65 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of dastardly pirates swashbuckling heroes buried treasure and a young boy's courage during the adventure of a lifetime!

• Justice League - Justice On Trial | DVD | (03/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Two two-part episodes from the first season: 'In Blackest Night' and 'The Enemy Below'. In Blackest Night the hard nosed combative Green Lantern is put on trial for destroying the planet by a group of indestructable android enforcers call the Manhunters. Unable to save himself even with the help of his laser-projecting power ring the Green lantern has to rely on the powerful Justice League who comes to his aid to uncover the real perpetrator of the crime. In the second episode s

• House of 1000 Dolls | DVD | (21/01/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

• Umberto D | DVD | (03/12/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  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

• Sex Traffic | DVD | (04/09/2006) from £10.78   |  Saving you £5.21 (32.60%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Elena and Vara believe they are leaving their home in Moldova one of the poorest countries in Europe for a better life in London. However they soon realise that they have in fact been sold to traffickers and are being taken to the dark and seedy side of the capital to work as sex slaves. Daniel Appleton (Simm) is a researcher and investigator for London-based charity Speak For Freedom investigating the plight of girls sold into sexual slavery. A chance meeting with Elena changes Daniel's life forever as he uncovers a potentially explosive corruption scandal involving Kernwell a private US contractor supplying troops to the international peacekeeping mission in Bosnia. When the girls' story reaches Madeleine Harlsburgh (Wendy Crewson) the wife of Kernwell's chief she starts to suspect that Kernwell employees may themselves be trafficking women. As she seeks out the truth she finds herself forced to choose between her husband's reputation and her family's happiness. The interweaving strands of this story combine in a single explosive narrative that exposes the shocking and all too real network of sex trafficking. Winner of 8 BAFTAs including Best Drama Serial and Best Actress for Anamaria Marinca.

• Bare Behind Bars | DVD | (31/01/2011) from £59.99   |  Saving you £-45.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  In a prison women rebel against the guards' sadism and sexual abuse and decide to run away. Some manage to escape and are chased by the Police.

• Callas - 30th Anniversary Edition | DVD | (18/01/2010) from £15.99   |  Saving you £-2.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  There are so many astonishing facts about Maria Callas... First she was born not in Greece but in Manhattan and went to school there. Second considering her colossal influence and in contrast to the pumped-up preposterous overpaid pipsqueak divas of today her actual international career was tiny - 18 years at most. Third and in spite of her reputation her cancellation record was the lowest of any great singer of her day. Fourth she rarely looked at the conductor during an opera simply because she could not see him - she was very short-sighted and often appeared (partly as a result) to be in a trance while on stage. Fifth she was betrayed by most of those intimate with her throughout her life and eventually abandoned by many of those who should have known better and who claimed to have loved her. Sixth she died almost penniless - even her grotesquely rich long-time lover Onassis whose marriage to Jackie Kennedy she only discovered by watching the 6 o'clock news had invested her money in half a cargo boat which sank. Paradoxically although she died 30 years ago her records today outsell every other recorded classical artist and single handedly keep EMI Classics afloat. Last hers was not the most beautiful voice of her time as she frequently admitted. Some days it worked; other days it just didn't. In the end those who met her in Paris in the seventies agree that she was one of the loneliest most desperate of women they had ever encountered slowly drugging herself to death. Every day thank God is one day less she told Di Stefano. A summons to tea (for half an hour at most) often lasted until the early hours with the guest or guests pleaded with not to leave. It was pathetic and horrible but it was Callas. It was always Callas and that was the secret and the magic. We witness on stage a broken woman who sings nakedly from her heart about herself and her life who acts with such incredible power and unashamed truth that we stagger back before what we know in our hearts is all of her. No artifice here; no vulgar posturings to which her absurd imitators - and there are many - aspire. Gheorghiu Battle Garrett - they cannot touch her hem. Maria - just a woman who often spoke of Callas in the third person in trouble asking begging sometimes for our understanding and our love. She deserves it because there was no greater singing actress in our time. And she was only 53 when she died.