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• Tirez Sur Le Pianiste | DVD | (03/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The opening of Shoot the Piano Player, François Truffaut's second feature film, is one of the signal moments of the French New Wave--an inspired intersection of grim fatality and happy accident, location shooting and lurid melodrama, movie convention and frowzy, uncontainable life. A man runs through deserted night streets, stalked by the lights of a car. It's a definitive film noir situation, promptly sidetracked--yet curiously not undercut--by real-life slapstick: watching over his shoulder for pursuers, the running man charges smack into a lamppost. The figure that helps him to his feet is not one of the pursuers (they've oddly disappeared) but an anonymous passer-by, who proceeds to escort him for a block or two, genially schmoozing about the mundane, slow-blooming glories of marriage. The Good Samaritan departs at the next turning, never to be identified and never to be seen again. And the first man--who, despite this evocative introduction, is not even destined to be the main character of the movie--immediately resumes his helter-skelter flight from an as-yet-unspecified and unseen menace. At this point in his career--right after The 400 Blows, just before his great Jules and Jim--the world seemed wide for Truffaut, as wide as the Dyaliscope screen that he and cinematographer Raoul Coutard deployed with unprecedented spontaneity and lyricism. Anything might wander into frame and become part of the flow: an oddball digression, an unexpected change of mood, a small miracle of poetic insight. The official agenda of the movie is adapting a noir-ish story by American writer David Goodis, about a celebrated concert musician (Charles Aznavour) hiding out as a piano player in a saloon. He's on the run as much as the guy--his older brother--in the first scene. But whereas the brother is worried about a couple of buffoonish gangsters, Charlie Koller is ducking out on life, love and the possibility that he might be hurt, or cause hurt, again. Decades after its original release, Shoot the Piano Player remains as fresh, exhilarating, and heartbreaking--as open to the magic of movies and life--as ever. --Richard T Jameson

• Incredible Hulk Returns, The / The Trial Of The Incredible Hulk | DVD | (11/03/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

• The Stranger | DVD | (02/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The Stranger, according to Orson Welles, "is the worst of my films. There is nothing of me in that picture. I did it to prove that I could put out a movie as well as anyone else." True, set beside Citizen Kane, Touch of Evil, or even The Trial, The Stranger is as close to production-line stuff as the great Orson ever came. But even on autopilot Welles still leaves most filmmakers standing. The shadow of the Second World War hangs heavy over the plot. A war crimes investigator, played by Edward G Robinson, tracks down a senior Nazi, Franz Kindler, to a sleepy New England town where he's living in concealment as a respected college professor. The script, credited to Anthony Veiller but with uncredited input from Welles and John Huston, is riddled with implausibilities: we're asked to believe, for a start, that there'd be no extant photos of a top Nazi leader. The casting's badly skewed, too. Welles wanted Agnes Moorehead as the investigator and Robinson as Kindler, but his producer, Sam Spiegel, wouldn't wear it. So Welles himself plays the supposedly cautious and self-effacing fugitive--and if there was one thing Welles could never play, it was unobtrusive. What's more, Spiegel chopped out most of the two opening reels set in South America, in Welles' view, "the best stuff in the picture". Still, the film's far from a write-off. Welles' eye for stunning visuals rarely deserted him and, aided by Russell Metty's skewed, shadowy photography, The Stranger builds to a doomy grand guignol climax in a clock tower that Hitchcock must surely have recalled when he made Vertigo. And Robinson, dogged in pursuit, is as quietly excellent as ever. On the DVD: not much in the way of extras, except a waffly full-length commentary from Russell Cawthorne that tells us about the history of clock-making and where Edward G was buried, but precious little about the making of the film. Print and sound are acceptable, but though remastering is claimed, there's little evidence of it. --Philip Kemp

• Dragon Bruce Lee | DVD | (15/03/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  This enjoyable and touching biography of martial-arts film star Bruce Lee stars Jason Scott Lee (no relation), an actor with a lively face and natural intensity, who makes every moment of this film compelling. Directed by Rob Cohen, Dragon traces Bruce Lee's slow rise over myriad obstacles--most of them race-based--to become an international superstar in films. Lee's origins are oddly set in San Francisco instead of his real home in Seattle, but then again there is plenty of artistic license going on as Cohen explores the actor's psyche through some powerful fantasy sequences. Lauren Holly is good as Lee's wife, Linda (whose book about her late husband inspired this movie). A scene involving Bruce's rescue of son Brandon (who died in a film-making accident in 1993) from a murderous spirit is plain spooky. The special-edition DVD release has a widescreen presentation, director interview, featurette, screen tests, closed captioning, optional French soundtrack and Spanish subtitles. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com --This text refers to the VHS edition of this video

• Adventures of Robin Hood: The Complete Third Series (Repackaged) | DVD | (01/11/2008) from £33.73   |  Saving you £-8.74 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £24.99

  First broadcast in 1955 The Adventures of Robin Hood stars Richard Green as Robin of Locksley. Together with his band of merry men he protects the countryside from evil Prince John (Donald Pleasence). Features all 39 episodes from the third series spread over 5 discs: The Salt King A Tuck In Time Pepper The Charter A Change Of Heart Brother Battle My Brother's Keeper An Apple For The Archer The Angry Village The Mark The Bride Of Robin Hood To Be A Student The Christmas Goose The Challenge Of The Black Knight The Rivals The Profiteer Knight Errant The Healing Hand One Man's Meat Too Many Robins The Crusaders Castle In The Air The Double Roman Gold The Ghost That Failed At The Sign Of The Blue Boar Quickness Of The Hand The Elixir Of Youth The Genius The Youthful Menace The Minstrel The Doctor The Lottery The Fire Lincoln Green Woman's War Little Mother Marian's Prize Farewell To Tuck.

• Rock Revolutions | DVD | (07/01/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Featuring many of the most influential and charismatic musicians from the 1960's and 1970's Rock Revolutions is a unique collection of spine-tingling performances from a time when passionate music helped change the world. Showcasing more than 20 live performances from rock gods Jimi Hendrix and Free to pop legends Elton John and Abba the King of reggae Bob Marley and even soulful brothers James Brown and Otis Redding - this is a one-off collection packed with never before seen footage so rare its like may never be seen again. This special journey through the annals of modern music also contains entertaining interviews with top industry characters Malcolm McLaren the manager of the Sex Pistols rock goddess Marianne Faithful and many more including Mick Jagger and Dennis Hopper. Tracklisting: 1. Little Richard Lucille 2. Jerry Lee Lewis Great Balls Of Fire 3. Ike & Tina Turner Proud Mary 4. Janis Joplin Piece Of My Heart 5. Otis Redding Respect 6. Jefferson Airplane Don't You Want Somebody To Love 7. Free All Right Now 8. Jimi Hendrix Hey Joe 9. Steppenwolf Born To Be Wild 10. James Brown Mother Popcorn 11. Canned Heat On The Road Again 12. Richie Havens Freedom 13. Don McLean American Pie 14. Blondie Heart Of Glass 15. Marianne Faithful Broken English 16. Grace Jones La Vie En Rose 17. Joe Cocker With A little Help From My Friends 18. New York Dolls Looking For A Kiss 19. Helen Reddy I Am A Woman 20. ABBA Dancing Queen 21. Bob Marley I Shot The Sheriff 22. Elton John Rocket Man

• One More Train to Rob | Blu Ray | (09/11/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Sherlock Holmes - Classic TV - Vol. 2 | DVD | (11/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

• Madigan | DVD | (05/12/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The savage story of a city stripped naked! Detective Dan Madigan (Richard Widmark) runs roughshod over the police rule book - and over anyone who gets in his way during an intensive 72-hour police manhunt for a hit man. His superior officer Commissioner Anthony Russell (Henry Fonda) lives by and for the book as he copes with the workday problems of police administrative work. These two men's lives come together when the psychotic is cornered in a Manhattan tenement by a police raiding squad led by Madigan and Russell - a confrontation that only one of the two men will survive.

• The Texans | DVD | (02/01/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Randolph Scott plays Kirk Jordan a cattle herd driver who is instrumental in carving out the Chisholm Trail a commercial route from Texas to Kansas. Indians are only part of the problem as Kirk must also contend with the Ku Klux Klan and crooked carpetbaggers to fulfill his duties.

• Affair To Remember, An / Love Is A Many Splendored Thing | DVD | (31/01/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  An Affair To Remember:In this poignant and humorous love story nominated for four Academy Awards Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr meet on an ocean liner and fall deeply in love. Though each is engaged to someone else they agree to meet six months later if they still feel the same way about each other. But a tragic accident prevents their rendezvous and the lovers' future takes an emotional and uncertain turn. Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing: Set in Hong Kong at the time

• The London Rock And Roll Show 1972 | DVD | (16/10/2006) from £5.99   |  Saving you £2.00 (33.39%)   |  RRP £7.99

  The London Rock & Roll show took place on Saturday 5th August 1972 at Wembley stadium to an audience of 87 000. Featuring both a DVD and CD for the complete audio visual experience! DVD Tracklist: 1. Be Bop A Lula - The Houseshakers 2. Road Runner - Bo Diddley 3. Bring It To Jerome - Bo Diddley 4. Mona - Bo Diddley 5. High School Confidential - Jerry Lee Lewis 6. You Can Have Her - Jerry Lee Lewis 7. Chantilly Lace - Jerry Lee Lewis 8. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - Jerry Lee Lewis 9. Medley: a) Hound Dog b) Good Golly Miss Molly c) Blue Suede Shoes d) Sweet Little Sixteen - Jerry Lee Lewis 10. Shake Rattle & Roll - Bill Haley 11. See You Later Alligator - Bill Haley 12. Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley 13. Lucille - Little Richard 14. Rip It Up - Little Richard 15. Good Golly Miss Molly - Little Richard 16. Tutti Frutti - Little Richard 17. Jenny Jenny Jenny - Little Richard 18. School Days - Chuck Berry 19. Memphis Tennessee - Chuck Berry 20. Sweet Little Sixteen - Chuck Berry 21. Wee Wee Hours - Chuck Berry 22. Oh Carol - Chuck Berry 23. Little Queenie - Chuck Berry 24. Reelin' & Rockin' - Chuck Berry CD Tracklist: 1. Everleen - Bo Diddley 2. I'm a Man - Bo Diddley 3. Groovy Little Suzy - Jerry Lee Lewis 4. Goodnight Irene - Jerry Lee Lewis 5. Flip Flop and Fly / Shake Rattle and Roll - Jerry Lee Lewis 6. Chantilly Lace - Jerry Lee Lewis 7. Great Balls Of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis 8. Honky Tonk Angels - Jerry Lee Lewis 9. Hog For You - Screaming Lord Sutch 10. Ready Teddy - Little Richard 11. Whole Lotta Shakin' - Little Richard 12. Long Tall Sally - Little Richard 13. ABC Boogie - Billy Haley and the Comets 14. Helena - Billy Haley and the Comets 15. The Saint's Rock 'n' Roll - Billy Haley and the Comets 16. London Rocker - Screaming Lord Sutch 17. Razzle Dazzle - Billy Haley and the Comets 18. Roll Over Beethoven - Chuck Berry 19. Bye Bye Johnny - Chuck Berry 20. Maybellene - Chuck Berry 21. Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry 22. Doctor Jeckyll - Bo Diddley 23. I Don't Know Where I've Been - Bo Diddley 24. You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover - Bo Diddley

• Three The Hard Way | DVD | (31/12/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The story involves a white supremesist plot to taint the United States water supply with a toxin that is harmless to whites but lethal to blacks. The only obstacles that stand in the way of this dastardly plan are Jim Brown Fred Williamson and Jim Kelly who shoot kick and karate chop their way to final victory.

• Millionairess / Trial And Error With Peter Sellers | DVD | (29/05/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The Millionairess (1960): Based on a play by George Bernard Shaw which studies an immensely wealthy woman who falls for the charms of a poor Indian doctor. Sophia Loren plays a spoilt heiress able to buy anything she wants. When she meets an Indian doctor (Peter Sellers) whose sole concern is to help the poor and needy she knows that this is the man for her. Although in love with her he is so terrified of being in her power that he foils all her attempts to 'buy' him. Only

• Cliff Richard - 40th Anniversary Concert | DVD | (10/09/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Two nights of live performances on the 21st and 22nd September, 1998, at The Royal Albert Hall, enabled Cliff to say 'Thank You' to his fans for forty years in the music business.

• Turbo | DVD | (17/02/2014) from £5.49   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From the makers of Madagascar and Kung Fu Panda Turbo is a high-velocity 3D comedy about a snail who dares to dream big - and fast. After a freak accident infuses him with the power of super-speed Turbo kicks into overdrive and embarks on an extraordinary journey to achieve the seemingly impossible: competing in the world's fastest race the Indianapolis 500. With the help of his tricked-out streetwise snail crew this ultimate underdog puts his heart and shell on the line to prove that no dream is too big and no dreamer too small.

• Lost World/Call of the Wild/Dollar for the Dead/Treasure Isl | DVD | (02/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  4 great films on one disc

• This Sporting Life | DVD | (22/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Director Lindsay Anderson pulls no punches in this classic screen adaptation of the hard hitting David Storey novel about violence and its effect on the quality of life.; ; Richard Harris and Rachel Roberts are outstanding as Machin, the professional rugby player who carries the violence of the football field into every area of his life, and Mrs Hammond, the frigid and withdrawn woman with whom he lodges and conducts a joyless affair.; ; As well as examining their relationship in minute and p...

• Stranger/Orson Welles on Film | DVD | (27/06/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.30

  The Stranger, according to Orson Welles, "is the worst of my films. There is nothing of me in that picture. I did it to prove that I could put out a movie as well as anyone else." True, set beside Citizen Kane, Touch of Evil, or even The Trial, The Stranger is as close to production-line stuff as the great Orson ever came. But even on autopilot Welles still leaves most filmmakers standing. The shadow of the Second World War hangs heavy over the plot. A war crimes investigator, played by Edward G Robinson, tracks down a senior Nazi, Franz Kindler, to a sleepy New England town where he's living in concealment as a respected college professor. The script, credited to Anthony Veiller but with uncredited input from Welles and John Huston, is riddled with implausibilities: we're asked to believe, for a start, that there'd be no extant photos of a top Nazi leader. The casting's badly skewed, too. Welles wanted Agnes Moorehead as the investigator and Robinson as Kindler, but his producer, Sam Spiegel, wouldn't wear it. So Welles himself plays the supposedly cautious and self-effacing fugitive--and if there was one thing Welles could never play, it was unobtrusive. What's more, Spiegel chopped out most of the two opening reels set in South America, in Welles' view, "the best stuff in the picture". Still, the film's far from a write-off. Welles' eye for stunning visuals rarely deserted him and, aided by Russell Metty's skewed, shadowy photography, The Stranger builds to a doomy grand guignol climax in a clock tower that Hitchcock must surely have recalled when he made Vertigo. And Robinson, dogged in pursuit, is as quietly excellent as ever. On the DVD: not much in the way of extras, except a waffly full-length commentary from Russell Cawthorne that tells us about the history of clock-making and where Edward G was buried, but precious little about the making of the film. Print and sound are acceptable, but though remastering is claimed, there's little evidence of it. --Philip Kemp

• hobbit 2 ee 3d (Blu-ray 3D) | Blu Ray | (03/11/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Academy Award® winner Peter Jackson continues his Middle-Earth saga that follows the adventures of Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) who's swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. In the company of thirteen dwarves and the wizard Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen) Bilbo enters the Lonely Mountain in possession of Gollum's precious ring and his keen blade Sting. With an all-star cast including many acclaimed actors from The Lord of the Rings (such as Cate Blanchett Ian Holm Christopher Lee Hugo Weaving Elijah Wood Andy Serkis and more) and the effects wizardry of Jackson's award-winning Weta Workshop Tolkien's epic story comes to life as never before imagined.