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• Alien Anthology | Blu Ray | (25/10/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Finally on Blu-ray the ultimate collection featuring all four Alien films and every special feature ever released! Titles Comprise: Alien: The terror begins when the crew of the spaceship Nostromo investigates a transmission from a desolate planet and makes a horrifying discovery a life form that breeds within a human host. Now the crew must fight not only for its own survival but for the survival of all mankind. Aliens: Sigourney Weaver returns as Ripley the only survivor from mankind's first encounter with the monstrous Alien. Her account of the Alien and the fate of her crew are received with skepticism until the mysterious disappearance of colonists on LV-426 lead her to join a team of high-tech colonial marines sent in to investigate... Alien 3: Lt. Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) is the lone survivor when her crippled spaceship crash lands on Fiorina 161 a bleak wasteland inhabited by former inmates of the planet's maximum security prison. Ripley's fears that an Alien was aboard her craft are confirmed when the mutilated bodies of ex-cons begin to mount. Without weapons or modern technology of any kind Ripley must lead the men into battle against the terrifying creature. And soon she discovers a horrifying fact about her link with the Alien a realisation that may compel Ripley to try destroying not only the horrific creature but herself as well. Alien Resurrection: Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) died fighting the perfect predator. Two hundred years and eight horrific experiments later she's back. A group of scientists have cloned her along with the alien queen inside her hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. But the resurrected Ripley is full of surprises for her creators as are the aliens. And soon a lot more than all hell breaks loose! To combat the creatures Ripley must team up with a band of smugglers including a mechanic named Call (Winona Ryder) who holds more than a few surprises of her own.

• The Gruffalo Double Pack (Gruffalo / Gruffalo's Child) | DVD | (01/10/2012) from £8.99   |  Saving you £4.71 (52.39%)   |  RRP £13.70

  GruffaloA gruffalo? What's a gruffalo? A gruffalo! Why, didn't you know? He has terrible tusks, and terrible claws, and terrible teeth in his terrible jaws. And so begins the story of a quick-witted mouse as he encounters a host of predators who seem to think he might make a tasty treat. As he ventures deeper into the deep dark wood, stumbling across a hungry fox, a not-so-wise owl, and a slimy snake, spinning ever-extraordinary yarns about the scary, scaly gruffalo, he quickly realises that the hungry beast he has been talking of isn't imaginary after all. Gruffalo's Child The Gruffalo's Child, another magical tale from best selling author Julia Donaldson and illustrator Axel Scheffler, will premier on BBC One as a highlight of their Christmas schedule this year. It’s some years later and The Gruffalo now has a daughter. Curious about her father's fantastic stories of a Big Bad Mouse in the deep, dark woods, she sets out one snowy night on a thrilling journey of discovery. Produced by Magic Light Pictures, a half hour animated film from the same team behind the hugely successful The Gruffalo.

• The House of the Devel | Blu Ray | (28/04/2025) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A desperate college student takes a mysterious babysitting job that coincides with a full lunar eclipse. She slowly realises that her employer has hired her for a terrifying reason, one that could cost her everything. Special Features ¢ Audio commentary with Writer-Director Ti West & Actress Jocelin Donahue ¢ Audio commentary with Writer-Director Ti West, Producers Larry Fessenden & Peter Phok and Sound Designer Graham Reznick ¢ The Right Vibe: a new interview with Director Ti West ¢ Satanic Panic: a new interview with Actor Jocelin Donahue ¢ Slowing Down is Death: a new interview with Actor AJ Bowen ¢ A Level of Ambition: a new interview with Producer Peter Phok ¢ Hiding the Seams: a new interview with Composer Jeff Grace ¢ Writing Through Sound: a new interview with Sound Designer Graham Reznick ¢ This Night Changes Everything: The Making of The House of the Devil ¢ In The House of the Devil ¢ Deleted Scenes ¢ Trailer

• Bohemian Rhapsody | Blu Ray | (04/03/2019) from £9.09   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Bohemian Rhapsody celebrates the band Queen, their music, and their extraordinary lead singer Freddie Mercury, who defied convention to become one of the most beloved entertainers ever.

• Inferno / Angels & Demons / The Da Vinci Code Box Set | DVD | (20/02/2017) from £6.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (85.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  INFERNO Academy Award® winner Ron Howard returns to direct the latest thriller in Dan Brown's (Da Vinci Code) billion-dollar Robert Langdon series, Inferno, which finds the famous symbologist (again played by Tom Hanks) on a trail of clues tied to the great Dante himself. When Langdon wakes up in an Italian hospital with amnesia, he teams up with Sienna Brooks (Felicity Jones), a doctor he hopes will help him recover his memories. Together, they race across Europe and against the clock to stop the unleashing a global virus that would wipe out half of the world's population. ANGELS & DEMONS In Ron Howard's thrilling follow-up to The Da Vinci Code, expert symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) pursues ancient clues on a heart-racing hunt through Rome to find the four Cardinals kidnapped by a deadly secret society, the Illuminati. With the Cardinals' lives on the line, and the Camerlengo (Ewan McGregor) desperate for help, Langdon embarks on a nonstop, action-packed race through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, and the most secret vault on Earth! THE DA VINCI CODE Dan Brown's international bestseller comes alive in the film THE DA VINCI CODE, directed by Ron Howard with a screenplay by Akiva Goldsman. Join symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) and cryptologist Sophie Neveu (Audrey Tautou) in their heart-racing quest to solve a bizarre murder mystery that will take them from France to England - and behind the veil of a mysterious ancient society, where they discover a secret protected since the time of Christ.

• King of Thieves | DVD | (21/01/2019) from £2.97   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  KING OF THIEVES is the incredible true story of the spectacular Hatton Garden diamond heist, the biggest and most daring in British history, humorously told through career best performances from a stellar cast; Sir Michael Caine (DUNKIRK, KINGSMAN), Jim Broadbent (SENSE OF AN ENDING, MOULIN ROUGE), Ray Winstone (THE DEPARTED, COLD MOUNTAIN), Michael Gambon (KING'S SPEECH, HARRY POTTER), Tom Courtenay (GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY, GAMBIT) and Charlie Cox (THEORY OF EVERYTHING, STARDUST). KING OF THIEVES is written by Joe Penhall (THE ROAD, MINDHUNTER), directed by Academy Award winner James Marsh (MAN ON WIRE, THEORY OF EVERYTHING), and produced by BAFTA winning and Academy Award nominees Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner (THEORY OF EVERYTHING, LES MISERABLES), alongside Ali Jaafar (THE IDOL) and Michelle Wright (7 DAYS IN ENTEBBE).

• Down by Law (1986) (Criterion Collection) UK Only | Blu Ray | (03/01/2022) from £15.48   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Director JIM JARMUSCH followed up his brilliant breakout Stranger Than Paradise with another, equally beloved portrait of loners and misfits in America. When fate lands three hapless menan unemployed disc jockey (Short Cuts' TOM WAITS), a small-time pimp (Fishing with John's JOHN LURIE), and a strong-willed Italian tourist (Life Is Beautiful's ROBERTO BENIGNI)in a Louisiana prison, a singular adventure begins. Described by Jarmusch as a neo-Beat noir comedy, Down by Law is part nightmare and part fairy tale, featuring sterling performances and crisp black-and-white photography by esteemed cinematographer ROBBY MÜLLER (Paris, Texas) Special Features High-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack Thoughts and reflections on the making of the film from director Jim Jarmusch in 2002 Interview with director of photography Robby Müller from 2002 Footage from the 1986 Cannes Film Festival, including a press conference featuring Jarmusch and actors John Lurie, Roberto Benigni, and Nicoletta Braschi, and an interview with Lurie, with commentary Sixteen outtakes Music video for Tom Waits's cover of Cole Porter's It's All Right with Me, directed by Jarmusch Q&A with Jarmusch in which he responds to fans' questions Recordings of phone conversations between Jarmusch and Waits, Benigni, and Lurie Production Polaroids and location stills Isolated music track Optional French dub track, featuring Benigni Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Luc Sante

• The Virgin Queen - BBC | DVD | (10/11/2014) from £7.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (150.19%)   |  RRP £19.99

  From teenage princess to accomplished queen, forever torn between duty and personal longing, the reign of Elizabeth I is exposed in this lavish four-part drama starring Anne-Marie Duff and Tom Hardy. Filmed against a backdrop of some of Great Britain's most beautiful houses and landscapes, the programme follows Queen Elizabeth (Duff) from her days of fear as a potential victim of her sister's terror, through her great love affair with Robert Dudley (Hardy), into her years of triumph over the Spanish Armada, and finally her old age and her last, enigmatic relationship with her young protege, the Earl of Essex (Hans Matheson).

• The Lost City Of Z | DVD | (24/07/2017) from £5.79   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Based on the international bestseller, The Lost City of Z tells the incredible true story of British explorer Percy Fawcett (Charlie Hunnam, Pacific Rim, Sons of Anarchy), who journeys into the Amazon at the dawn of the 20th century and discovers evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilisation . Despite being ridiculed by the scientific establishment, the determined Fawcett supported by his devoted wife (Sienna Miller, High-Rise, American Sniper), son (Tom Holland) and aide-de-camp (Robert Pattinson, The Twilight Saga) returns to his beloved jungle in an attempt to prove his case, culminating in his mysterious disappearance in 1925. An epic tale of courage and passion, The Lost City of Z is a stirring tribute to the exploratory spirit and a conflicted adventurer driven to the verge of obsession.

• Star Wars - Clone Wars | DVD | (09/05/2005) from £6.87   |  Saving you £9.12 (132.75%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Make no mistake, Clone Wars is honest-to-goodness authentic Star Wars. The animated series takes place between Episode II, Attack of the Clones and Episode III, Revenge of the Sith. If the feature films covers the beginning and end of the war, Clone Wars depicts the actual battles and events that made heroes into legends. Don't expect too much character development, as the episodes tend to be driven more by flat-out action than by dialogue (which can be a good thing, considering some Star Wars dialogue). We see such familiar faces as Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda, and Mace Windu in combat, and we meet the elite Arc clone troopers plus new Jedi--the amphibious Kit Fisto and two women, Luminara Unduli and Barriss Offee. We also see a little more development of Anakin--showing off the best pilot skills in the army, defying Obi-Wan, and engaging in a deadly duel with Sith apprentice Asajj Ventress. But just when it's clear that the Separatist droid armies are no match for a Jedi, the tide begins to turn with the introduction of the menacing General Grievous, who plays a crucial part in Episode III. The cast mostly consists of veteran voice actors, but Anthony Daniels does appear as C-3PO. Clone Wars was created by Genndy Tartakovsky, whose resume includes such stylish series as Samurai Jack, Dexter's Laboratory, and The Powerpuff Girls, and the program won a 2004 Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or More). These 20 episodes, which played on the Cartoon Network, can be viewed as a seamless 69-minute whole or as individual chapters. DVD features include two commentary tracks, a making-of featurette, video game and Episode III trailers, and an Xbox playable demo of the stealth game Republic Commando. If you're a fan who can't wait for Episode III, Clone Wars is essential viewing. --David Horiuchi

• Jerry Maguire | DVD | (18/04/2011) from £5.74   |  Saving you £0.25 (4.36%)   |  RRP £5.99

  One of the best romantic comedies of the 1990s as well as a box-office hit, Jerry Maguire cemented writer-director Cameron Crowe's reputation as "the voice of a generation". Crowe could probably do without that label, but he's definitely in sync with the times with this savvy story about a sports agent (Tom Cruise) whose fall from grace motivates his quest for professional recovery, and the slow-dawning realisation that he needs the love and respect of the single mom (Renée Zellweger in her breakthrough role) who has supported him through the worst of times. This is one of Cruise's best, most underrated performances, and in an Oscar-winning role, Cuba Gooding Jr. plays the football star who remains Jerry Maguire's only loyal client on a hard road to redemption and personal growth. If that sounds touchy-feely, it is only because Crowe has combined sharp entertainment with a depth of character that is rarely found in mainstream comedy. --Jeff Shannon

• Lucifer: The Complete Series | DVD | (03/10/2022) from £54.39   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Bored and unhappy as the Lord of Hell, Lucifer Morningstar abandoned his throne and retired to the city of Angels where he has teamed up with LAPD detective Chloe Decker to take down criminals. Charming, charismatic and devilishly handsome, Lucifer has a way of manipulating people into confessing their deepest, darkest secrets, which helps Detective Decker deliver justice! Product Features Gag Reels Deleted Scenes Lucifer: 2015 Comic-Con Panel-Executive Producers and Cast at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con with Q & A moderated by Mike Schneider, TV Guide Magazine Character Profile: Amenadiel-Introducing Lucifer Morningstar's brother, Amenadiel Character Profile: Chloe Decker-Here's Chloe Decker, actress turned LAPD Det. trying to prove herself, until she meets Lucifer who she finds repulsive Character Profile: Linda-Lucifer meets a therapist for the first time, Dr. Linda, who brings out feelings and a side of him that no one else sees Devilish Duo-Lucifer meets LAPD Det. Chloe Decker, he's intrigued and she's completely disgusted by him Lucifer Morningstar-Meet Lucifer Morningstar, Satan, the Devil himself, who get s bored in Hell and comes to Los Angeles Lucifer: 2016 Comic-Con Panel-The writers and cast of Lucifer tease season 2 of the hit TV show at the 2016 Comic-Con convention Reinventing Lucifer: In the City of Angels-Cast and producers discuss why LA is the ideal city for Lucifer's reinvention Off Script with Tom & Tom, Part 1-Join stars Tom Ellis and Tom Welling in Lucifer's Penthouse as they ask each other fun and interesting questions Off Script with Tom & Tom, Part 2-Join stars Tom Ellis and Tom Welling in Lucifer's Penthouse as they ask each other fun and interesting questions Off Script with Tom & Tom, Part 3-Join stars Tom Ellis and Tom Welling in Lucifer's Penthouse as they ask each other fun and interesting questions Lucifer Returns! Bringing the Hit Show to L.A.-Cast and crew discuss the exciting process of re-building the Lucifer sets in Los Angeles Lucifer: 2017 Comic-Con Panel-The best moments of the Lucifer panel at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con

• Lucifer: Season 5 | DVD | (27/06/2022) from £9.74   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Chloe deals with the absence of Lucifer in her life, only for his twin brother Michael to arrive and turn the lives of everyone close to Lucifer upside down bad enough to force Lucifer to leave Hell. At the same time, Ella has something good happen in her life and Maze begins having an existential crisis. God plans to pass his divine powers onto one of his children so that they can run the Universe. To this end, Michael has gained the support from the rest of the angels, while Lucifer sees this as the chance to fix what he believes to be wrong with the world. At the same time, Chloe and Linda use this opportunity to tell God what a poor father he's been to Lucifer.

• Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation | Blu Ray | (07/12/2015) from £4.85   |  Saving you £20.14 (415.26%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate - an International rogue organization as highly skilled as they are, committed to destroying the IMF. Click Images to Enlarge

• Pirates of the Caribbean 1-5 (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (02/10/2017) from £19.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (25.01%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Pirates Of The Caribbean 1: The Curse Of The Black Pearl: Jack Sparrow (Depp, in an Oscar nominated performance) and Will Turner (Bloom) brave the Caribbean Sea to stop a ship of pirates led by Captain Barbossa (Rush), who intend to break an ancient curse using the blood of the lovely Elizabeth Swann (Knightley)... Subtitles: English, English for the Hard of Hearing Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest: Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) is mortified to discover he owes a blood debt to the legendary Davey Jones, captain of the ghostly Flying Dutchman. With time running out, Jack must find a way out of his debt or else be doomed to eternal damnation. And as if this weren't enough, his problems prompt the cancellation of the wedding plans of a certain Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley), who are forced to join Jack on another maritime misadventure. Subtitles: English, English for the Hard of Hearing Pirates Of The Caribbean 3: At World's End: In the third installation of the ever-popular Pirates series, Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End, we find our heroes Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann allied with Captain Barbossa in a desperate quest to free Captain Jack Sparrow from his mind-bending trap in Davy Jones' locker. Navigating through treachery, betrayal and wild waters, they must forge their way to exotic Singapore and confront the cunning Chinese pirate Sao Fen (Chow Yun-Fat). Subtitles: English, English for the Hard of Hearing, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Hindi and Dutch. Pirates Of The Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides: Johnny Depp returns to his iconic role of Captain Jack Sparrow in an action-packed tale of truth, betrayal, youth and demise. When Jack crosses paths with a woman from his past (Penelope Cruz), he's not sure if it's love or if she's a ruthless con artist using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge, the ship of the formidable pirate Blackbeard (Ian McShane), Jack finds himself on an unexpected adventure in which he doesn't know who to fear more: Blackbeard or the woman from his past. Pirates Of The Caribbean 5: Salazar's Revenge: Johnny Depp returns to the big screen as the iconic, swashbuckling anti-hero Jack Sparrow in the all-new Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge. The rip-roaring adventure finds down-on-his-luck Captain Jack feeling the winds of ill-fortune blowing strongly his way when deadly ghost sailors, led by the terrifying Captain Salazar (Javier Bardem), escape from the Devil's Triangle bent on killing every pirate at seanotably Jack. Jack's only hope of survival lies in the legendary Trident of Poseidon, but to find it he must forge an uneasy alliance with Carina Smyth (Kaya Scodelario), a brilliant and beautiful astronomer, and Henry (Brenton Thwaites), a headstrong young sailor in the Royal Navy. At the helm of the Dying Gull, his pitifully small and shabby ship, Captain Jack seeks not only to reverse his recent spate of ill fortune, but to save his very life from the most formidable and malicious foe he has ever faced. Bonus: Curse of the Black Pearl: Scoundrels of the Sea: Piecing together the treasured past of pirates (in-movie feature), Filmmaker Commentary Dead Man's Chest: Bloopers of the Caribbean, Audio Commentary with Screenwriters At World's End: Bloopers of the Caribbean On Stranger Tides: Bloopers of the Caribbean, Lego® Pirates of the Caribbean Shorts, Discover Blu-ray 3D with Timon & Pumbaa

• Top Gun 2-Movie 4K SteelBook Superfan Collection | Blu Ray | (05/12/2022) from £74.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  This Top Gun Steelbook gift set includes Top Gun: Maverick and Top Gun on 4K UHD and Blu-ray. Packaged in an outer box with collectible gifts inside. Includes over 2 hours of combined bonus content Top Gun: Maverick Dog Tags Leather Maverick& keyring Magnetic Decals Coasters Photos Maverick Giftset box Top Gun: Maverick After more than thirty years of service as a top naval aviator, Pete Maverick Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot. Yet, Maverick must confront the ghosts of his past when he returns to TOP GUN to train a group of elite graduates and comes face-to-face with Lt. Bradshaw (Miles Teller), the son of his former wingman, Goose. Bitter rivalries ignite as the pilots prepare for a specialised mission, which will require the ultimate sacrifice from those chosen to fly it. Top Gun Leading a phenomenal cast including Val Kilmer, Kelly McGillis, Anthony Edwards, Meg Ryan and Tim Robbins, Tom Cruise soars as Maverick, the young, in-your-face U.S. fighter pilot with a need for speed, a lot to prove, and even more to learn. Forever ranking with the best action films of all time,Top Gun remains a high-octane adrenaline rush certain to take your breath away. Product Features Top Gun: Maverick 4K UHD Cleared for Take Off Breaking New Ground A Love Letter to Aviation Forging the Darkstar Masterclass with Tom Cruise Music Videos Top Gun (1986) 4K UHD The Legacy of Top Gun On Your Six - Thirty Years of Top Gun Commentary By Filmmakers and Naval Experts Top Gun: Maverick Blu-ray Cleared for Take Off Breaking New Ground A Love Letter to Aviation Forging the Darkstar Music Videos Top Gun (1986) Blu-ray The Legacy of Top Gun Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun Commentary By Filmmakers and Naval Experts Best of the Best: Inside the Real Top Gun Survival Training Featurette and much more

• Doctor Who Shada BD | Blu Ray | (04/12/2017) from £10.97   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Delicate matter, slightly. It's about a book... Chris Parsons is happily engrossed in studying post-graduate physics at Cambridge, when one day he finds an old book, sitting on a dusty shelf in an ageing professor's library. Written in a language nobody can read and made of a paper that can't be torn, this is no ordinary book. And when it enters his life, everything changes for young Chris Parsons. Soon finding himself aboard an invisible space-ship, chased by monsters made of molten rock; aboard an alien prison on a distant planet and attacked by a horde of mind-control zombies. Chris also meets a strange man with a very long scarf who claims he can travel through time and space... in a police box. It's going to be a busy day for Chris Parsons. An abandoned Doctor Who classic is brought to life. Starring Tom Baker and written by Douglas Adams, this is Shada for a modern audience, with footage upscaled to high definition, and incomplete footage now completed using high-quality animation.

• Victoria Series 1 & 2 | DVD | (13/11/2017) from £13.17   |  Saving you £1.82 (13.82%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The complete Series 1&2 of the smash hit TV property following Victoria throughout her long and prosperous life as she becomes Queen, Wife and Mother. Series 1&2 take a look at her ascension to the throne and her marriage while series 2 sees her facing the challenges of becoming a mother whilst ruling over a nation in constant unrest. Starring Jenna Coleman, Tom Hughes, David Bamber, Peter Bowles, Bebe Cave, Margaret Clunie, Samantha Colley, Martin Compston, Daniel Donskoy, Emerald Fennell, Catherine Flemming, Daniela Holtz, Nell Hudson, Alex Jennings, Ferdinand Kingsley, Tommy Knight, Denis Lawson, Nigel Lindsay, Nicole McCauliffe, Eve Myles, David Oakes, Paul Rhys,Dame Diana Rigg, Adrian Schiller, Leo Suter, Jordan Waller, Anna Wilson-Jones, Bruno Wolkowitch with Peter Firth, Alex Jennings and Rufus Sewell. Directed by Ollie Blackburn, Lisa James Larsson, Geoffrey Sax, Sandra Goldbacher, Jim Loach and Daniel O'Hara, Tom Vaughan

• Born On The Fourth Of July | DVD | (04/07/2005) from £5.98   |  Saving you £10.01 (167.39%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A story of innocence lost and courage found. Tom Cruise delivers a riveting and unforgettable portrayal of Vietnam veteran Ron Kovic in Oliver Stone's Academy Award winning masterpiece. Based on a true story the acclaimed film follows the young Kovic from a zealous teen who eagerly volunteers for the Vietnam War to an embittered veteran paralysed from the mid-chest down. Deeply in love with his country Kovic returned to an environment vastly different from the one he le

• Vertigo | DVD | (17/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Dreamlike and nightmarishly surreal, Vertigo is Hitchcock's most personal film because it confronts many of the convoluted psychological issues that haunted and fascinated the director. The psychological complexity and the stark truthfulness of their rampant emotions keeps these strangely obsessive characters alive on screen, and Hitchcock understood better than most their barely repressed sexual compulsions, their fascination with death and their almost overwhelming desire for transcendent love. James Stewart finds profound and disturbing new depths in his psyche as Scotty, the tortured acrophobic detective on the trail of a suicidal woman apparently possessed by the ghost of someone long dead. Kim Novak is the classical Hitchcockian blonde whose icy exterior conceals a churning, volcanic emotional core. The agonised romance of Bernard Herrmann's score accompanies the two actors as a third and vitally important character, moving the film along to its culmination in an ecstasy of Wagnerian tragedy. Of course Hitch lavished especial care on every aspect of the production, from designer Edith Head's costumes (he, like Scotty, was most insistent on the grey dress), to the specific colour scheme of each location, to the famous reverse zoom "Vertigo" effect (much imitated, never bettered). The result is Hitch's greatest work and an undisputed landmark of cinema history. On the DVD: This disc presents the superb restored print of this film in a wonderful widescreen (1.85:1) anamorphic transfer, with remastered Dolby digital soundtrack. There's a half-hour documentary made in 1996 about the painstaking two-year restoration process, plus an informative commentary from the restorers Robert Harris and James Katz, who are joined by original producer Herbert Coleman. There are also text features on the production, cast and crew, plus a trailer for the theatrical release of the restoration. This is an undeniably essential requirement for every DVD collection. --Mark Walker