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  • Enid [DVD]Enid | DVD | (30/11/2009) from £8.98   |  Saving you £9.01 (100.33%)   |  RRP £17.99

    The film explores how the orderly reassuringly clear worlds Enid Blyton created within her stories contrasted with the complexity of her own personal life. It sheds light on the ambitious and driven - but as yet unpublished - young woman from the development of her rich imagination against the adversity of an imperfect childhood two World Wars and a first marriage ending in divorce - to household name. One of the most recognised storytellers of all time Enid Blyton's charming characters and classic tales have enchanted countless generations of children for almost 80 years. Having sold over 500 million books in 40 countries this film follows the woman behind the enduring and compelling stories such as the beloved Famous Five Secret Seven Malory Towers and Noddy series.

  • Wilde [1997]Wilde | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £16.66   |  Saving you £-6.67 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

    Wilde could easily have been nothing more than another well-dressed literary film from the British costume drama stable, but thanks to a richly textured performance from Stephen Fry in the title role, it becomes something deeper--a moving study of how the conflict between individual desires and social expectations can ruin lives. Oscar Wilde's writing may be justifiably legendary for its sly, barbed wit, but Wilde the film is far from a comedy, even though Fry relishes delivering the great man's famous quips. It takes on tragic dimensions as soon as Wilde meets Lord Alfred Douglas, known as Bosie, the strikingly beautiful but viciously selfish young aristocrat who wins Oscar's heart but loses him his reputation, marriage and freedom. Fry is brilliant at capturing how the intensity of Wilde's love for Bosie threw him off balance, becoming an all-consuming force he was unable to resist. Jude Law expertly depicts both Bosie's allure and his spitefully destructive side, there are subtle supporting performances from Vanessa Redgrave, Jennifer Ehle and Zoe Wanamaker, and the period trappings are lavishly trowelled on. But this is Fry's show all the way: from Oscar the darling of theatrical London to Wilde the prisoner broken on the wheel of Victorian moralism, he doesn't put a foot wrong. It feels like the role he was born to play. --Andy Medhurst

  • Behind the Mask (False Arrest BONUS) [DVD]Behind the Mask (False Arrest BONUS) | DVD | (07/11/2011) from £11.85   |  Saving you £-3.87 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

    Double bill of made-for-TV drama features. 'Behind the Mask' (1999) stars Donald Sutherland as Dr Bob Shushan, a man who has devoted his life to helping the disabled. When his life is saved by James (Matthew Fox), a disturbed and withdrawn young man, Dr Shushan becomes determined to discover the root of James' distress and find a role for him within society. However, as he tries to break down the barriers between James and himself, Shushman begins to suspect that his dedication to helping others is harming his relationship with his family. 'False Arrest' (1991) stars Donna Mills as Joyce Lukesic, a woman who seems to have it all: a luxurious lifestyle, a loving husband and terrific kids. However, a triple Mafia-style murder brings her secure world of privilege to an abrupt end when an ambitious state investigator links Joyce to the crimes. Accused of murders she did not commit, Joyce must fight to prove her innocence and hold her family together.

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