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• Rififi | DVD | (03/07/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  RIFIFI (ri-f -fi) n. French argot. 1. Quarrel, rumble, free-for-all, open hostilities between individuals or gangs, rough and tumble confrontation between two or more individuals. 2. A tense and chaotic situation involving violent confrontations between parties. A seminal work of crime filmmaking that lead the young critic François Truffaut to declare the best Film Noir I have ever seen , Jules Dassin s Rififi [Du rififi chez les hommes] has influenced films as diverse as Reservoir Dogs and Ocean s Eleven since its release. Following Tony, le Stéphanois (Jean Servais), a master thief fresh out of jail, wearing a harried look and suffering ill health he refuses to be involved with crime, until he finds his girlfriend shacked up with a rival gangster. With little reason to keep living he plans a final job. Tony sets about finding his crew and meticulously planning the job; a robbery of the jewellery store Mappin & Webb. Rififi revolves around the central heist, famed for its finite detail and incredible tension, but the drama does not end at the heist like so many other crime films. Dassin s film is a humanist tale that hinges on the loyalty among thieves and draws on the fatalistic, doom laden lives common to crooks and thieves in pulp literature. An instant commercial success in Paris and worldwide, the film was also very well received by the critics with Jules Dassin being awarded the best director prize at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival.

• J'accuse (DVD + Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (24/07/2017) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Acclaimed as one of cinema's finest anti-war movies, Abel Gance's rousing indictment of warfare is as powerful and relevant today as it was on its original release in 1938 Having experienced the horror of the First World War, idealistic poet Jean Diaz (Victor Francen, A Farewell to Arms) turns to technology in a bid to prevent further barbarity. But a meddling and unscrupulous bureaucracy allows Jean's plans to be hijacked as Europe slides towards another great conflict. Using his epic 1919 silent version of the film as a template, Gance pits mankind's romanticism against its capacity for savagery. Originally released on the eve of the Second World War (and the same year as Jean Renoir's La Grande Illusion), J'accuse urges us to honour the memory of the fallen by learning the lessons of a catastrophic past. Special Features: Presented in High Definition and Standard Definition New audio commentary by Paul Cuff Stills and special collections gallery Illustrated booklet with full film credits, reviews and a new essay by Paul Cuff

• The Search for Weng Weng | DVD | (26/01/2015) from £6.73   |  Saving you £6.26 (48.20%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Almost a decade ago Australian trash cinema aficionado Andrew Leavold set off to the Philippines to uncover the true story behind his cinema obsession a 2 foot 9 Filipino James Bond the enigmatic Weng Weng. Over several visits to the Philippines Leavold manages to piece together Weng Weng's incredible story - packed with pathos humour and tragedy whilst at the same time lifting the lid on one of the most extraordinary and bizarre national cinemas on the planet this is an unforgettable expose of all that is great (and wrong) about the movie business. With a cast full of eccentric characters from directors producers actors stuntmen to the outrageous Imelda Marcos herself this is a remarkable journey deep into the eye of Asia's B-cinema tiger. You will come to love the man that cinema history almost forgot the amazing Weng Weng. Special Features: 'Making of' Documentary Director Commentaries

• The Incredible Hulk - Season 1 | DVD | (28/08/2006) from £5.99   |  Saving you £29.00 (484.14%)   |  RRP £34.99

  One of the best television adaptations of a comic book, The Incredible Hulk (1978-82) lent gravity and pathos to the fantastic premise--an experiment gone wrong causes a scientist to transform into a giant creature whenever he becomes angry--established in the popular Marvel Comics series. The network version stripped away the Hulk's outlandish foes (as well as his rudimentary speech) and instead focused on the loneliness of his human alter ego, David Banner (well played by the late Bill Bixby), as he traveled across the United States in search of a cure for his affliction as well as an escape from a prying reporter (the late Jack Colvin, also terrific). But despite its Fugitive-like premise, the TV Hulk never lost its comic book audience thanks to the plausibly ferocious performance by actor/bodybuilder Lou Ferrigno (whose growls were dubbed by actors Ted Cassidy and Charles Napier) as the Hulk, who handled the action portions of the show with plausibly superhuman brawn. The Complete First Season set contains both of the pilots that kicked off the series ("Pilot" was previously released on a separate single disc) as well as all 10 episodes from the first season; among the adventures encountered by David and the Hulk are a gambling scandal in Vegas ("The Hulk Breaks Las Vegas"), a meltdown at a nuclear facility ("Earthquakes Happen"), and a runaway plane ("747," which reunites Bixby with his Courtship of Eddie's Father co-star Brandon Cruz).Extras on the set have been the subject of much Internet debate--the commentary by series writer/producer/director Kenneth Johnson on "Pilot" is the same as on the previous DVD release of this episode (as well as the introduction by Ferrigno), and a proposed gag reel mentioned in promotional material has been moved to a future DVD release. The sole fresh bonus material is "Stop the Presses," an episode taken from the series' second season. --Paul Gaita

• Last Tango In Paris | DVD | (24/04/2000) from £7.19   |  Saving you £8.80 (122.39%)   |  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.

• Swimming Pool | DVD | (17/05/2004) from £11.56   |  Saving you £8.43 (72.92%)   |  RRP £19.99

  When a British writer visits her publisher's home in the South of France, her English reserve is jarred after the publisher's reckless daughter unexpectedly arrives and sets off an unsettling series of events.

• Swimming Pool | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £7.39   |  Saving you £12.60 (170.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  From acclaimed director Francois Ozon (8 Women) comes the seductively sinister Swimming Pool. Sarah Morton is a best-selling murder-msytery writer, tired of London life. looking for fresh inspiration for her next novel, she accepts an invitation from her publisher John (Charles Dance) to stay in his rural French holiday home for some much needed peace and quiet....But before long the silence is shattered as John's teenage daughter, Julie, arrives without warning, and the battle begins between her easy-living and wild one-night stands and Sarah's old-fashioned values. Part siren, part seductress, Julie systematically unleashes her charms on the men of the village and seems destined for real disaster. Unsettling truths and disturbing events are unearthed as life at the house and in the village takes one bizarre turn after another. Special Features: Cast Interviews Cannes 2003 - Red Carpet Footage Stills Gallery Promo Reel & Trailers

• Nannerl: Mozart's Sister | DVD | (16/07/2012) from £7.15   |  Saving you £7.84 (52.30%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A speculative account of Maria Anna “Nannerl” Mozart (Marie Feret), five years older than Wolfgang (David Moreau) and a musical prodigy in her own right. Originally the featured performer, she has given way to Wolfgang as the main attraction, as their strict but loving father Leopold (Marc Barbe) tours his talented offspring in front of the royal courts of pre-French revolution Europe. Approaching marriageable age and now forbidden to play the violin or compose, Nannerl chafes at the limitations imposed on her gender. But a friendship with the son and daughter of Louis XV offers an alternative.

• Pokemon Movie 17: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction | DVD | (02/09/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A Collection featuring films from the X&Y generation - Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction, Hoopa and the Clash of Ages & Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel. Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction In the underground Diamond Domain, where many Carbink live, the Mythical Pokémon Diancie serves as ruler. The Heart Diamond that sustains the land is beginning to fall apart, and Diancie is not yet strong enough to create a new one. While seeking help from the Legendary Pokémon Xerneas, Diancie encounters a group of thieves who want to take control of its diamond-producing power and who awaken the Legendary Pokémon Yveltal from its cocoon in the process! Can Ash and his friends help Diancie discover its true power, stop Yveltal s rampage, and save the Diamond Domain? Hoopa and the Clash of Ages In a desert city by the sea, Ash, Pikachu, and their friends meet the Mythical Pokémon Hoopa, who can summon all sorts of things including people and Pokémon through its magic rings. The little Mischief Pokémon likes to use this talent to play harmless tricks on people...but when its true power is released, it loses control and becomes the towering and terrifying Hoopa Unbound! Long ago, a brave hero stopped its rampage by confining its power in a special bottle. Now that the bottle has been rediscovered, Hoopa must confront its greatest fear! Can Ash help his new friend overcome the darkness within or will this dangerous struggle erupt into a clash of legends? Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel In this latest cinematic adventure, Ash meets the Mythical Pokémon Volcanion when it crashes down from the sky, creating a cloud of dust and a mysterious force binds the two of them together! Volcanion despises humans and tries to get away, but it s forced to drag Ash along as it continues its rescue mission. They arrive in a city of cogs and gears, where a corrupt minister has stolen the ultimate invention: the Artificial Pokémon Magearna, created 500 years ago. He plans to use its mysterious power to take control of this mechanical kingdom! Can Ash and Volcanion work together to rescue Magearna? One of the greatest battles in Pokémon history is about to unfold!

• L'Innocente | DVD | (03/12/2012) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-6.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Visconti's vision of a decadent aristocratic society dazzles the eyes in sumptuous style... Giancarlo Gianni stars as Tullio a debauched unprincipled libertine who indulges in a series of affairs and finally leaves his wife for his sensual mistress. The melodrama unfolds and Tullio is caught in a web of deceit and burning passion.

• Anne And Muriel | DVD | (25/09/2006) from £32.37   |  Saving you £-12.38 (-61.90%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Claude Roc a young Parisian and Anne Brown a young Englishwoman meet in Paris and soon become friends. Anne invites Claude to her home in Wales where he will meet Muriel Anne's younger sister to whom she destines Claude to marry. Eventually Claude proposes to Muriel he is turned down but not wholeheartedly. Then Claude and Muriel's mothers impose a seperation on them suggesting that if they still both love each other in a year then they can wed. During this year apart Muriel falls in love with Claude but he takes a different path and upon his return to Paris pursues many women including Anne Muriel's sister....

• L'Enfance-nue | DVD | (22/09/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  One of the earth-shaking feature debuts in the history of cinema Maurice Pialat's L'Enfance-nue (Naked-Childhood) provides a perspective on growing-up that rejects both sentimentality and modish cynicism. Its unflinching but also warmly accommodating outlook on childhood attracted Fran''ois Truffaut to take on the role as co-producer of Pialat's film - which ironically exists as much as a response to Truffaut's own debut The 400 Blows as that film was to the 'cinema of childhood' that came before the New Wave. First-time actor Michel Tarrazon plays the young Fran''ois a provincial orphan whose destructive behaviour precipitates his relocation from the home of a long-term foster family to the care of a benevolent elderly couple. In the course of this transition Pialat's film presents the turbulence of Fran''ois's unmoored existence and his explosive reactions to the contradictory emotions it engenders. This is the naked portrait of a soul's - and an entire society's - dysfunction before the moment of reconciliation. L'Enfance-nue represents the ideal introduction to the films of Maurice Pialat - an artist whose work resides alongside that of Jean Eustache and Philippe Garrel at the summit of the post-New Wave French cinema. One discovers in his pictures a raw and complicated emotional core which as in the films of John Cassavetes reveals upon closer examination a remarkably rigorous visual aesthetic and a facility of direction which lifts both seasoned actors and debutante amateurs to the level of greatness. Coupled here with Pialat's poetic and brilliant early short L'Amour existe (Love Exists 1960) L'Enfance-nue is the first masterpiece of an artist whose work has had an incalculable influence on contemporary directors as diverse as Bruno Dumont Olivier Assayas Michael Haneke and the Dardenne brothers among others - and whose 2003 passing led Gilles Jacob president of the Festival de Cannes to declare: Pialat is dead and we are all orphaned. French cinema is orphaned.

• Cousin Cousine | DVD | (28/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When Marthe and Ludovic discover that their respective partners are having an affair they plan a series of 'accidental' meetings.

• 56 Rue Pigalle | DVD | (06/10/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Jean Vigneron's manservant is blackmailing his boss who is having an affair with Ines de Montalban. The servant is murdered. Everyone accuses Vigneron who keeps quiet so as not to compromise his lover. His innocence proved Vigneron flees with Ines. Montalban the cheated husband tries to forget them but sinks into debauchery. Despite ordeals in an unwelcoming Africa love conquers all...

• Ghoulies Go To College | DVD | (08/10/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Who destroyed the professor's desk? Who bombed the campus police van? Who raided the sorority house? Who else: the Ghoulies! Those wisecracking demons are back in their third outrageous misadventure - this time in a head-on crash course through the halls of higher learning. The college pranking championship is up for grabs and each fraternity is trying to pull off the most spectacular stunt. But now they're about to get some real competition. Nutty Professor Ragnor (Kevin MacCarthy) has the Ghoulies under a spell that he thinks will help him stop the dangerous pranks once and for all. So the Ghoulies are enrolled - and they are ready to give the fraternities a bitter taste of their own medicine. Now this college really is an animal house!