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• Frivolous Lola | Blu Ray | (10/02/2014) from £12.98   |  Saving you £9.00 (81.89%)   |  RRP £19.99

  One of the sunniest of Tinto Brass’s erotic comedies this sets its breezy tone from the opening scene in which Lola (Anna Ammirati) cycles around a small Po Valley town in a flapping skirt that leaves nothing to the imagination.

• The Exorcist/The Shining | DVD | (16/10/2006) from £12.98   |  Saving you £-2.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The Exorcist (Dir. William Friedkin 1973): The belief in evil - and that evil can be cast out. From these two strands of faith author William Peter Blatty and director William Friedkin wove The Exorcist the frightening and realistic story of an innocent girl inhabited by a malevolent entity. Academy Award winner Friedkin who introduces the film and supervised this new video transfer from restored picture and audio elements gets effective performances from Linda Blair Ellen Burstyn Jason Miller Max von Sydow and Lee J. Cobb. The Exorcist remains 25 years later one of the most shocking and gripping movies ever made. The Shining (Dir. Stanley Kubrick 1980): Think of the greatest terror imaginable. Is it a monstrous alien? A lethal epidemic? Or as in this harrowing masterpiece from Stanley Kubrick is it fear of murder by someone who should love and protect you - a member of your own family? From a script he co-adapted from the Stephen King novel Kubrick melds vivid performances menacing settings dreamlike tracking shots and shock after shock into a milestone of the macabre. In a signature role Jack Nicholson plays Jack Torrance who's come to the elegant isolated Overlook Hotel as off-season caretaker with his wife (Shelley Duvall) and son (Danny Lloyd). Torrance has never been there before - or has he? The answer lies in a ghostly time warp of madness and murder.

• Robin Hood (2010) (4K UHD) | 4K UHD | (10/09/2018) from £64.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Features HDR for brighter, deeper, more lifelike colour Academy Award® winner Russell Crowe and visionary director Ridley Scott (Gladiator) reunite for the untold story of the man behind the legend. In an age of oppression and shameless tyranny, an outlaw becomes the unlikely hero that saves a nation and inspires generations to fight for freedom. In this thrilling action adventure, Russell Crowe and Ridley Scott are at their most entertaining since Gladiator (Dan Jolin, Empire UK ). Also starring Academy Award® winner Cate Blanchett. Disc two- Blu-Ray movie + bonus features Director's notebook The art of Nottingham Disc three- DVD bonus features Deleted scenes with introduction and commentary by editor Pietro Scalia Rise and Rise Again: making Ridley Scott's Robin Hood

• Intacto | DVD | (13/10/2003) from £6.40   |  Saving you £13.59 (212.34%)   |  RRP £19.99

  An enigmatic tale of four people whose lives are intertwined by destiny discover that luck is something they cannot afford to be without as they gamble with the highest stakes possible in a deadly game from which only one of them will emerge intact.

• Dreamscape | DVD | (27/01/2003) from £14.44   |  Saving you £-5.46 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Alex Gardner (Dennis Quaid) is a talented young psychic who is frittering his gifts away betting on the ponies. That is, until he's coerced by his old pal and mentor Dr Paul Novotny (Max von Sydow) into taking part in a dream research project in which his psychic abilities make him indispensable. The project concerns "dreamlinking", whereby talented individuals like Alex hook up via electrodes and project themselves into some troubled subject's nightmares, in which they not only observe but participate in the dream, hopefully effecting some remedy. Alex is by nature a feckless guy, a charismatic scoundrel sporting a Cheshire cat's grin. But he warms easily to his new role as dream-dwelling psychotherapist, having a core of decency. Not so his nemesis, Tommy Ray Glatman (David Patrick Kelly), a dreamlink prodigy and pawn of Bob Blair (Christopher Plummer), who runs the research project for the government (he's described as the "head of covert intelligence"). Blair is worried about the President (Eddie Albert), whose nightmares of nuclear holocaust cause him to escalate disarmament talks with the Russians, much to Blair's dismay, being your basic evil, slick, smarmy covert kind of guy. Turns out Blair's real aim is to use the project to train dreamlink assassins, his star pupil being psycho Tommy Ray and his test case the President. Only Alex is there to stop them.Dreamscape is all business, with a well-structured screenplay that lays the groundwork for the film's many admirable performances. Kate Capshaw in particular is very dreamy as a research scientist and Dennis Quaid's love interest. And David Patrick Kelly is likely to become your worst nightmare, especially when he's the Snakeman, giving an often fantastical performance. But what you are most likely to remember from this wonderful thriller is the many vivid dream sequences, aptly surreal images from the troubled psyche. --Jim Gay

• The Purge Trilogy (4K UHD+BD+UV) | 4K UHD | (18/09/2017) from £16.98   |  Saving you £30.00 (200.13%)   |  RRP £44.99

  The Purge - In the future, a wealthy family is held hostage for harboring the target of a murderous syndicate during the Purge, a 12-hour period in which any and all crime is legalized. The Purge: Anarchy - Three groups of people are trying to survive Purge Night, when their stories intertwine and are left stranded in The Purge trying to survive the chaos and violence that occurs. The Purge: Election Year - Years after sparing the man who killed his son, former police sergeant Barnes has become head of security for Senator Charlie Roan, a Presidential candidate targeted for death on Purge night due to her vow to eliminate the Purge.

• Nosferatu Ltd. Edition Steelbook | Blu Ray | (18/11/2013) from £31.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  An iconic film of the German expressionist cinema and one of the most famous of all silent movies F. W. Murnau's Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror continues to haunt - and indeed terrify - modern audiences with the unshakable power of its images. By teasing a host of occult atmospherics out of dilapidated set-pieces and innocuous real-world locations alike Murnau captured on celluloid the deeply-rooted elements of a waking nightmare and launched the signature Murnau-style that would change cinema history forever. In this first-ever screen adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula a simple real-estate transaction leads an intrepid businessman deep into the superstitious heart of Transylvania. There he encounters the otherworldly Count Orlok - portrayed by the legendary Max Schreck in a performance the very backstory of which has spawned its own mythology - who soon after embarks upon a cross-continental voyage to take up residence in a distant new land... and establish his ambiguous dominion. As to whether the count's campaign against the plague-wracked populace erupts from satanic decree erotic compulsion or the simple impulse of survival - that remains perhaps the greatest mystery of all in this film that's like a blackout... Remade by Werner Herzog in 1979 (and inspiring films as diverse as Abel Ferrara's King of New York and The Addiction and E. Elias Merhige's Shadow of the Vampire) F. W. Murnau's surreal 1922 cine-fable remains the original and landmark entry in the entire global tradition of the horror film. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present newly restored on 1080p Blu-ray at long last Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror in its definitive restoration complete with original intertitles and accompanied by the score that played with the film at the time of its initial release. Special Features: Brand new high-definition restoration by Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung Two audio commentaries: one newly recorded by film historian David Kalat; the second by historian R. Dixon Smith and critic Brad Stevens The Language of Shadows a 53-minute documentary on Murnau's early years and the filming of Nosferatu New video interview with BFI Film Classics Nosferatu author Kevin Jackson Newly translated English subtitles with original German intertitles More surprises to be revealed closer to release date! PLUS: a 56-page booklet featuring writings and rare imagery

• Never Say Never Again | DVD | (15/04/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Sean Connery is back for his final performance as agent James Bond in this high-velocity action thriller. This explosively entertaining 30th Anniversary Edition includes audio commentary and three featurettes! Agent 007 is hurled into a pulse-pounding race to save the world from Armageddon when two atomic warheads are hijacked by the evil Spectre organisation.

• Shutter Island 10th Anniversary Steelbook | Blu Ray | (10/02/2020) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Someone is Missing Celebrate the tenth anniversary of Academy Award winning director Martin Scorsese's spine-chilling thriller that takes you to places that never let you go. U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) navigates what appears to be a routine investigation that quickly turns sinister. Featuring an all-star cast, including Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Max von Sydow, Michelle Williams, and based on the best-selling novel by Dennis Lehane, Shutter Island sizzles with so much suspense that it's hot to the touch. Special Features: Behind the Shutters and into the Lighthouse

• The Incredible Melting Man | DVD | (13/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Oh Vunderbar! This is the perfect drive-in flick (if there were any drive-ins left) as astronaut Alex Rebar returns to Earth from a botched space mission only to have contracted a strange disease that makes him slowly melt. This leads to a bloody killing spree. The first fifteen minutes of this trots out all the B-movie standards (gore campy moments and breasts!) which will leave any low-budget Vipco fan grinning! Packed full of great over-the-top moments fantastic make-up effects (

• Virtual Girl | DVD | (23/08/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  John Lewis a computer programming genius has it all a beautiful wife a lavish home and he is on the brink of a big career move to the prestigious 'Richfield Project'. Only the creation of one more sexy CD-ROM game is required: he must perfect 'Virtual Girl'. However he soon discovers that 'Virtual Girl' is not your basic computer game. It is a fully inter-active cyber-erotic adventure featuring a seductive character called Virtuality who can transform herself into any woman she so desires. Even when she is making love she can morph herself into an unlimited number of beautiful women. This program transcends reality and John actually believes that 'Virtuality' is falling in love with him. What John doesn't know is that others have not lived to tell of their affairs with the 'Virtual Girl'...

• Sex Doll | DVD | (14/08/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Thriller directed by Sylvie Verheyde and starring Hafsia Herzi and Ash Stymest. Virginie (Herzi) is a sex worker in the underground sex trade of London. Despite being highly-priced and thus avoiding many of the dangers sex workers normally face on the street Virginie takes little joy in her position, almost sleepwalking through her life. She is awoken however by the appearance of a man who seems to follow her wherever she goes.

• Flicka 3: Country Pride | DVD | (07/05/2012) from £6.98   |  Saving you £12.00 (300.75%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When Toby (Clint Black) takes on a job at a stable with Flicka in tow, the owner's teenage daughter Kelly, quickly bonds with the wild horse. Kelly, a budding equestrian rider, hopes to break Flicka for an upcoming competition, despite her mother's (Lisa Hartman Black) disapproval. With the competition approaching, a rival trainer stealing business, and a growing fear they may be forced to sell the stable, Toby steps in to turn things around for the mum & Kelly.

• The Music Lovers 1970 DVD | DVD | (27/06/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Composer Peter Tchaikovsky (Richard Chamberlain) abandons his intimate friend , Count Chiluvsky (Christopher Gable), when Madame Von Meck (Izabella Telezynsky) sponsors him after hearing him perform his First Piano Concerto.A tortured man , unhappy except in his music, Tchaikovsky marries Nina Milukova (Glenda Jackson), a passionate, neurotic woman. When he is unable to fulfill the demands of matrimony, his tensions become so great that he attempts suicide and has a nervous breakdown. Nina’s world also falls apart and she deteriorates into madness and is commited to an asylum.Tchaikovsky recuperates at a country mansion of Madame Von Meck. The two correspond but never meet. At a great party which she holds in his honour, Count Chiluvsky appears, and when Tchaikovsky rebuffs him he tells Madame Von Meck the truth about her protg. She immediately severs all connections with the composer.Tchaikovsky is hurt but continues to compose and conduct throughout the world. World fame does nothing to ameliorate his unhappy state. At the age of 53, after composing his “requiem” his Pathetique Symphony, he deliberately drinks water contaminated with cholera germs.A few days later he is dead. Decades later his music still lives!

• Art School Confidential | DVD | (15/01/2007) from £6.73   |  Saving you £13.26 (197.03%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Art School Confidential follows talented young artist Jerome Platz (Max Minghella) as he escapes from high school to a tiny East Coast art school. Here the boyish freshman's ambition is to become the world's greatest artist like his hero Picasso. Unfortunately the beauty and craft of Jerome's portraiture are not appreciated in an anything-goes art class that he finds bewildering and bogus. Neither his harsh judgments of his classmates' efforts or his later attempts to create pseudo-art of his own win him any admirers. But Jerome does attract the attentions of his dream girl - the stunning and sophisticated Audrey (Sophia Myles) - an artist's model and daughter of a celebrated artist. Rejecting the affectations of the local art scene Audrey is drawn to Jerome's sincerity. When Audrey shifts her attentions to Jonah (Matt Keeslar) a hunky painter who becomes the school's latest art star Jerome is heartbroken. Desperate he concocts a risky plan to make a name for himself and win her back.

• Verdi: La Traviata -- Venice | DVD | (10/04/2000) from £14.19   |  Saving you £3.80 (26.78%)   |  RRP £17.99

  This performance of Verdi's La Traviata comes from the Gran Teatro La Fenice, Venice in 1992. The intimacy and social realism of the story make it one of the most dramatically successful of all operas, while the score contains some of the finest music of the 19th century. Despite the strong production values and well-staged party scenes, any production of La Traviata stands or falls on the performers in the vital roles of the lovers Violetta and Alfredo, and that of Alfredo's father, Giorgio. Here Giorgio Zancanaro is suitably decent and morally serious as Giorgio, and Neil Shicoff makes a strong impression as an ordinary man suddenly overwhelmed by love. The drawback is that--and there is no polite way to say this--Edita Gruberova is not only too old to play the sparkling young society girl, Violetta, but she is a much better singer than she is an actress. She comes into her own in the tragic last act, but is otherwise awkward and uncomfortable when the part requires her to demonstrate confidence and sensuality. This remains a production with considerable merits, but overall a more dramatically, not to say visually, compelling version is that originally broadcast world-wide live from Paris in 2000 starring Eteri Gvazava and José Cura.On the DVD: The production is presented at 4:3 with above average picture quality for a live opera DVD, and with excellent PCM stereo sound. The disc and booklet both offer a synopsis, but other than the option to watch with or without subtitles there are no special features. --Gary S. Dalkin

• Talk To Me | DVD | (09/07/2007) from £14.98   |  Saving you £7.00 (53.89%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Academy Award® nominee Don Cheadle portrays the one and only Ralph Waldo "Petey" Greene Jr. in "Talk To Me". Petey's story is funny, dramatic, inspiring - and real.

• Une Parisienne | DVD | (29/09/2003) from £9.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (100.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Une Parisienne is a light charming cheeky comedy with the stunning and sexy Brigitte Bardot in flirty form. Brigitte Laurier (Bardot) the spoiled and innocent daughter of a French Ambassador cons one of her father's top aides Michel (Henri Vidal) into marrying her. Brigitte's brattish ways rile Michel and soon he is flirting with old girlfriends to teach her a lesson. In retaliation Brigitte flirts with Prince Charles (Charles Boyer). Michel is amazed by the jealousy his wife's f

• Falstaff - Giuseppe Verdi | DVD | (12/01/2005) from £3.78   |  Saving you £11.21 (296.56%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Verdi's opera based on Shakespeare's character Falstaff who attempts to woo two wealthy married women in an attempt to avoid bankruptcy....

• Pelle The Conqueror | DVD | (05/09/2002) from £21.81   |  Saving you £-12.83 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Pelle the Conqueror is a Scandinavian drama which won the 1988 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language film and a Best Actor nomination for Max (The Exorcist) Von Sydow. Set at the end of the 19th century, it tells of a widowed Swedish farmer who goes looking for a better life in Denmark with his young son, Pelle (a fine Pelle Hvenegaard). Much like Life is Beautiful (1998) the heart of the film is the bond between father and son and their dreams for a better world. Although the photography brings an austere beauty to the bleak coastlands of Denmark, the story, a 150-minute intimate epic, is intense and harrowing; the antithesis of the feel-good father-son relationship of a movie like Billy Elliot.On the DVD: Unfortunately, rather than the subtitles of the cinema release, this DVD is dubbed for the American market, which significantly diminishes the performances and undermines the emotional impact. This is particularly regrettable given that both subtitled and dubbed versions could exist on the same disc. The only feature is a Photo Library of full-frame screen-grabs. The stated ratio of 1:1.85 is incorrect, the film being cropped from the original cinema 1:1.66 to 4:3 TV ratio. The sound is unremarkable stereo. The picture, transferred from an already imperfect print, is crawling with grain and littered with compression artefacts, making it no better than many videos. Without even a booklet, this release does no justice to a landmark film. --Gary S. Dalkin