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• Lars Von Trier's The Kingdom Trilogy | Blu Ray | (05/02/2024) from £54.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Filmmaker Lars von Trier's internationally acclaimed, cult classic series tells the story of a hospital built on top of the old bleaching ponds in Copenhagen, where evil has taken root and medical science faces a daily struggle with itself; where the Swedes curse the Danes, and the mysterious and inexplicable blend together in a mixture of horror and humor. Featuring the original series THE KINGDOM I & II in stunningly restored, never-before-seen versions, as well as the long-awaited follow-up series THE KINGDOM EXODUS.THE KINGDOM IStrange things are happening in the underbelly of a Danish hospital in Lars von Trier's long unavailable, cult TV phenomenon The Kingdom I a wickedly funny supernatural mystery. Let the battle between good and evil commence!THE KINGDOM IIPicking up in the immediate aftermath of the first season's startling cliffhanger, The Kingdom II sees the troubled hospital plagued by the rise of a greater evil. Masterfully harmonizing mordant humor and poignant pathos, Lars von Trier's TV phenomenon scales new heights of white-knuckle suspense.THE KINGDOM EXODUSLars von Trier returns to the world of Denmark's most famous haunted hospital with this dazzling limited event series. Set in the run-up to Christmas, The Kingdom Exodus serves an incomparable blend of the nightmarish and the absurd as it beats a compulsively entertaining path towards the promise of Armageddon.Product Features'In Lars von Trier's Kingdom' documentaryBehind the Scenes - Interviews with Lars von Trier and castSelected episode commentary by Lars von Trier, Niels Vørsel and Molly StensgårdTV commercials for the Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet - Directed by Lars von Trier'The Kingdom Trilogy - A Companion' booklet

• King Arthur: Legend of the Sword | Blu Ray | (25/09/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When the child Arthur's father is murdered, Vortigern (Jude Law), Arthur's uncle, seizes the crown. Robbed of his birthright and with no idea who he truly is, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword from the stone, his life is turned upside down and he is forced to acknowledge his true legacy whether he likes it or not.

• Beck - The Series | DVD | (16/11/2015) from £14.65   |  Saving you £8.34 (56.93%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Martin Beck is one of Nordic Noir's first and definitive Scandinavian detectives epitomising the good-cop bad-cop routine alongside his petulant partner, Gunvald Larsson. Based on the characters of the hugely popular Martin Beck detective series of novels by Swedish husband-and-wife writers Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, Beck sees the much-loved detective brought to life on the small screen. Beck is arguably the originator of what has become known as Nordic Noir. This collection of five feature-length films (Four from the latest season and one from the previous, the latter receiving a theatrical release in Sweden) sees detective Martin Beck investigating the shocking death of a young woman found strangled in a hotel room, a gangster kingpin executed by a sniper in front of his family, a terrorist attack and a suspicious hospital death which sourly turns out to be premeditated murder. It's an intricate web of characters and lies and the killer is never who you expect it to be. Starring Peter Haber (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo) as Beck and Mikael Persbrandt (The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug, Salvation and The Hypnotist) as Larsson, the drama's combination of complex woven details of police detection and beautifully realised characters combined with twisting, masterful storylines has ensured that the award-winning series won fans and acclaim from around the world.

• King Arthur: Legend of the Sword | DVD | (25/09/2017) from £6.91   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When the child Arthur's father is murdered, Vortigern (Jude Law), Arthur's uncle, seizes the crown. Robbed of his birthright and with no idea who he truly is, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword from the stone, his life is turned upside down and he is forced to acknowledge his true legacy whether he likes it or not.

• King Arthur: Legend of the Sword | Blu Ray | (25/09/2017) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When the child Arthur's father is murdered, Vortigern (Jude Law), Arthur's uncle, seizes the crown. Robbed of his birthright and with no idea who he truly is, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword from the stone, his life is turned upside down and he is forced to acknowledge his true legacy whether he likes it or not.

• Beck The Series: Volume 2 | DVD | (10/10/2016) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Based on the characters of the hugely popular Martin Beck detective novels by Swedish husband-and-wife writers Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, Beck The Series sees the much-loved detective brought to life on the small screen. This collection of four feature-length films from 2016 sees detective Martin Beck investigating a murdered journalist, an unidentified body from a trailer fire, the brutal murder of a police officer and his family, and the cold shooting of two traffic officers by a man who is also later found dead. Starring Peter Haber (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) as Beck, this volume sees one of the greatest police procedural partnerships come to an end as Beck is disbanded with the gruff Gunvald Larsson (Mikael Persbrandt The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug) to team up with a new partner, Oslo Detective Steinar Hovland, played by Kristofer Hivjul (Game of Thrones). Featuring the thrilling combination of complex woven details of police procedure and beautifully realised characters, this award-winning series continues to grow from strength to strength.

• The Hypnotist | DVD | (15/09/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Detective Inspector Joona Linna has an eyewitness to a bestial slaughter of a family in the suburbs of Stockholm. The witness the family's teenage son is barely alive and cannot be heard with conventional means. The eldest daughter is also mysteriously missing. It seems as if someone is trying to wipe out the whole family and Joona Linna fears that she can be the killer's next victim. Struggling against time Linna persuades the questioned hypnotist Erik Maria Bark to make an attempt to reach out to the boy and make him talk under hypnosis. Erik Maria Bark breaks his solemn oath never to practise hypnosis again and a lethal voyage down to the bottomless darkness of the sub-conscious mind begins.

• King Arthur: Legend of the Sword | 4K UHD | (25/09/2017) from £16.90   |  Saving you £2.97 (17.57%)   |  RRP £19.87

  When the child Arthur's father is murdered, Vortigern (Jude Law), Arthur's uncle, seizes the crown. Robbed of his birthright and with no idea who he truly is, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword from the stone, his life is turned upside down and he is forced to acknowledge his true legacy whether he likes it or not.

• In a Better World | DVD | (09/01/2012) from £7.89   |  Saving you £8.10 (102.66%)   |  RRP £15.99

  2011 Oscar & Golden Globe Winner for Best Foreign Language Film, In A Better World is a gripping and beautifully constructed human drama about revenge and the power of forgiveness from acclaimed director Susanne Bier (After The Wedding).From the confines of a refugee camp in Africa, to the deceptively idyllic suburban life of two families in Denmark, Susanne Bier expertly paints a portrait of two fragile worlds inextricably linked by conflict and violence and the hard choices struggling to be made for life in a better world.Anton is a doctor who commutes between his home in an idyllic town in Denmark, and his work at an African refugee camp. In these two very different worlds, he and his family are faced with conflicts that lead them to difficult choices between revenge and forgiveness.Anton and his wife Marianne, who have two young sons, are separated and struggling with the possibility of divorce. Their older, ten-year-old son Elias is being bullied at school, until he is defended by Christian, a new boy who has just moved from London with his father, Claus. Christian's mother recently lost her battle with cancer, and Christian is greatly troubled by her death.Elias and Christian quickly form a strong bond, but when Christian involves Elias in a dangerous act of revenge with potentially tragic consequences, their friendship is tested and lives are put in danger. Ultimately, it is their parents who are left to help them come to terms with the complexity of human emotions, pain and empathy.

• Everlasting Moments | DVD | (28/09/2009) from £8.94   |  Saving you £9.05 (101.23%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Based on a true story, in Sweden in the early 1900s in a time of social change and unrest, of war and poverty, Maria, a young working class woman, wins a camera in a lottery and decides to keep it, a decision which alters her whole life.

• In a Better World | Blu Ray | (09/01/2012) from £8.65   |  Saving you £11.34 (131.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  2011 Oscar & Golden Globe Winner for Best Foreign Language Film, In A Better World is a gripping and beautifully constructed human drama about revenge and the power of forgiveness from acclaimed director Susanne Bier (After The Wedding).From the confines of a refugee camp in Africa, to the deceptively idyllic suburban life of two families in Denmark, Susanne Bier expertly paints a portrait of two fragile worlds inextricably linked by conflict and violence and the hard choices struggling to be made for life in a better world.Anton is a doctor who commutes between his home in an idyllic town in Denmark, and his work at an African refugee camp. In these two very different worlds, he and his family are faced with conflicts that lead them to difficult choices between revenge and forgiveness.Anton and his wife Marianne, who have two young sons, are separated and struggling with the possibility of divorce. Their older, ten-year-old son Elias is being bullied at school, until he is defended by Christian, a new boy who has just moved from London with his father, Claus. Christian's mother recently lost her battle with cancer, and Christian is greatly troubled by her death.Elias and Christian quickly form a strong bond, but when Christian involves Elias in a dangerous act of revenge with potentially tragic consequences, their friendship is tested and lives are put in danger. Ultimately, it is their parents who are left to help them come to terms with the complexity of human emotions, pain and empathy.

• Dragonflies | DVD | (24/11/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Eddie (Kim Bodnia) and Maria (Maria Bonnevie) enjoy an idyllic life in their remote countryside farmhouse. But their happiness is threatened by the arrival of Kullmann (Mikael Persbrandt) an old friend of Eddie's with whom he had committed a crime that landed Kullmann in jail. Feigning friendship Kullmann attempts to become a permanent fixture in the household - much to Maria's consternation - but slowly his true motives reveal themselves and a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse begins

• The Last Contract | DVD | (11/09/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Made in 1997 and directed by Kjell Sundvall, The Last Contract is based around the murder of Swedish Prime Minister Olaf Palme in 1986, who was shot while walking home from the cinema. Palmer's murderer or murderers were never caught and his mysterious assassination has been largely forgotten by the world. This speculative and fictional thriller suggests that Palme was the victim of a right-wing conspiracy, with even the Americans tacitly and indirectly involved, worried as they were about Palme's ambitions to turn Scandinavia into a nuclear-free zone. Mikael Persbrandt plays Roger Nyman, a Swedish police officer transferred to the Fraud Squad who discovers that an assassin responsible for a killing in Johannesburg is now contracted to kill Palme. However, his superiors take him off the case when he presents them with his findings and tries to follow up the case alone. Fearful, isolated, enraged and increasingly estranged from his family, he contrasts sharply with Michael Kitchen's suave but coolly lethal British contract killer. Though Palme's fate is foreknown, The Last Contract nonetheless succeeds in pulling you into its maelstrom of intrigue until virtually the final frame. --David Stubbs