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• East Of Eden | DVD | (06/06/2005) from £12.24   |  Saving you £3.01 (27.41%)   |  RRP £13.99

  The searing classic of paradise lost. The 24-year old idol-to-be James Dean plays Cal a wayward Salinas Valley youth who vies for the affection of his hardened father (Raymond Massey) with his favored brother Aron (Richard Davalos). Playing off the haunting sensitivity of Julie Harris Dean's performance earned one of the film's four Academy Award nominations. Among the movie's stellar performers Jo Van Fleet won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.

• 23 Paces to Baker Street | DVD | (24/09/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Philip Hannon (Van Johnson - The Caine Mutiny) is a playwright, newly relocated from New York to London. Drowning his sorrows in a pub one night, Philip is disturbed to overhear a crime being plotted. The police don't believe his story and so, aided by his faithful batman Bob (Cecil Parker - The Lady Vanishes) and ex-fiance Jean (Vera Miles - Psycho), Philip resolves to stop the villains. But it will not be easy: Philip, you see, is blind...

• Replicant | DVD | (07/01/2002) from £6.61   |  Saving you £13.38 (202.42%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Jean-Claude Van Damme plays two roles in Replicant, a surprisingly good action thriller that also stars Michael Rooker as Jake Riley, a cop who's been tracking a serial killer called "The Torch" (Van Damme). Frustrated, Riley decides to retire--and the National Security Department makes him an offer: they've cloned "The Torch" as part of a programme to track down terrorists; they'll turn this replicant (Van Damme again, of course) over to Riley as a sort of test run for the programme. The idea is that the replicant will slowly recall the original person's memories and lead the cops to the original. It's ridiculous, but no more ridiculous than the setup for the highly successful Face/Off, and it works just as well as the engine for an effective action flick. What makes Replicant more unusual is that the writers actually put some thought into the relationship between Riley and the replicant, which starts to mirror parent-child relationships in emotionally complex ways. Furthermore, while it's no surprise that Rooker gives a solid performance, it is surprising that Van Damme does just as good a job in both of his roles--he's perfectly creepy as the serial killer and genuinely affecting as the quickly developing replicant, projecting a mixture of innocence and turmoil. Replicant was directed by Hong Kong director Ringo Lam, the man behind Full Contact and City on Fire. He was clearly working on a limited budget, but the movie looks good, moves with lean efficiency, and has some riveting action sequences and good quality effects--the scenes where Van Damme (inevitably!) fights himself are completely convincing. A satisfying movie.--Bret Fetzer, Amazon.com

• Tube Tales | DVD | (28/10/2002) from £7.18   |  Saving you £-1.19 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  London's Tubes: cylindrical objects underground crammed full of blank faces with blank pasts and blank futures. However, Tube Tales endeavours to expel this theory, even if it's just for the length of time it takes nine short stories to flicker past your eyes. Created via a competition in Time Out magazine, which asked their readers to send in stories relating to experiences on the London Underground, a group of directors were then charged with the task of bringing the public' s images of the tube to life for 12 minutes each. Showcased at the London Film Festival 1999 and then moving on to be shown on Sky Premier a few days later (this being the first film Sky has produced) it is possibly one of the most intriguing and underrated dramas to come out of Britain at the turn of the new century. These films offer a great showcase for British talent, combining established stars like Ray Winston in "My Father the Liar" with new up-and-coming actors like Hans Matheson in "Steal Away", the film also offers a great chance to play spot-the-star. Along with this Tube Tales offers many actors their first chance to try out their talents behind the lens with directorial debuts from Ewan McGregor-"Bone", a beautiful story of a man's fleeting obsession with a photograph--and Jude Law--"A Bird in the Hand", which brings a little bit of nature back to the Cement City. Both these directors choose to offer very calm and ambling visuals with little dialogue (how many people actually talk to strangers on the Tube?), allowing the power of images and body language to take hold. In another way Bob Hoskins "My Father the Liar" and Gaby Dellal's "Rosebud" offers us a version of the tube through the eyes of a child, a place populated by innocents and full of terror. In diverse contrast are the offerings from Armando Iannucci ("Mouth") and Stephen Hopkins ("Horny"), who both offer a grotesque humoristic interpretation of their stories. However, the true showpiece of these films is the last, Charles McDougall's "Steal Away", an energetic and exuberant piece which turns into a spiritual journey. Many of these films wash over your emotions, evoking laughter, innocence and desire, but "Steal Away" leaves you with strong opinions on the nature of humanity. Nikki Disney On the DVD: The special features are predictably laid out like a tube map. Given the wealth of talent on display in Tube Tales the disc is happily littered with interviews, trailers and on-location features, offering opinions and theories on the Tube from the huge cast and crew that went into the making of these films. Picture and sound quality are impeccable.

• Ex-Drummer | DVD | (25/02/2008) from £6.95   |  Saving you £13.04 (187.63%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Three drug-addled punk rock misfits are looking for a drummer. They approach Dries a well known writer. His problem is that he can't play the drums which appeals to the band's punk sensibility. Fascinated by these dysfunctional characters Dries joins the group but his arrival awakens the personal disputes and the family feuds latent in the band. A shocking hardcore blood-splattered depiction of small time rock musicians losing the plot rather than living the dream.

• Christmas Party | DVD | (20/11/2023) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Plague | DVD | (01/09/2001) from £5.00   |  Saving you £0.99 (19.80%)   |  RRP £5.99

  While working in a lab doing genetic research an ambitious research assistance deliberately carries out a forbidden experiment and accidentally creates a deadly bacteria which kills her and then spreads rapidly through the city inflicting an agonising death upon its victims. The authorities try to impose a curtain of secrecy around the mounting death toll. They quarantine all known contacts while a research team launches a 24-hour desperate search for the cure or vaccine. One of the people Margo escapes and not knowing that she is a carrier of the deadly disease becomes a fugitive on the run eluding police escaping through the subways and the streets spreading the plague wherever she goes. News of the epidemic breaks and the city is thrown into panic. The research team struggles feverishly to find something to stop the onslaught before all human life on Earth is destroyed...

• Battle For The Skies | DVD | (04/11/2013) from £4.65   |  Saving you £11.34 (243.87%)   |  RRP £15.99

  War is declared and Britain must take action against Nazi Germany if Europe is going to be saved from its ruthless clutches. Determined to beat the enemy Flight Officer Earl Kirk, a young South African pilot, volunteers his services to the Royal Air Force, sacrificing his family, his future and himself in the fight against evil. Whilst in combat, surrounded by bombers and under relentless attack, Kirk must make the decision that could change his and his crew s life forever. Plummeting through...

• The Only Way Is Essex - Series 6 | DVD | (08/10/2012) from £11.98   |  Saving you £10.00 (100.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Only Way Is Essex returns fresh from it's one off visit to 'Marbs' for a sixth series. The super-tanned and buff Essex community welcome us back into their lives and there's a new couple in town! Arg and Gemma are now officially together but how will they fare through Arg's continuous blunders about Gemma's weight, bumping into Arg's old enemy, Jamie and pregnancy scares?! The celebrations continue with Lucy and Mario hosting their engagement party but they might need a new kind...

• The Wilde Wedding | DVD | (05/03/2018) from £3.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Iconic movie star Eve Wilde (Glenn Close Fatal Attraction) is getting married once again raising concerns with her three grown sons and her favourite ex-husband, Laurence (John Malkovich Being John Malkovich). As the entire extended family pours in to witness the nuptials of Eve and Harold (Patrick Stewart Logan), the long summer weekend offers the opportunity for everyone to get to know each other a bit more intimately. With everyone and their exes invited, sexual sparks begin to fly and lead to unforeseen consequences that make for a WILDE wedding!

• Von Ryan's Express | DVD | (06/05/2002) from £6.47   |  Saving you £6.52 (100.77%)   |  RRP £12.99

• Gentleman's Agreement / Twelve O'Clock High / The Bravados / The Gunfighter | DVD | (31/05/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Four classic Gregory Peck films are featured on this fantastic box set. Gentleman's Agreement: Director Elia Kazan and producer Darryl F. Zanuck caused a sensation with ""the most spellbinding story ever put on celluloid"" (Hollywood Reporter) recipient of three Academy Awards including Best Picture. One of the first films to directly tackle racial prejudice this acclaimed adaptation of Laura Z. Hobson's bestseller stars Gregory Peck as a journalist assigned to write a series

• Rock 'N' Roll High School/Rock 'N' Roll High School Forever | DVD | (21/04/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Rock n Roll High School:Vince Lombardi High School has a new principal Miss Evelyn Togar - Do your parents know that you're Ramones? It's clear there isn't much time left for the School freshly ""appropriated"" by its students led by the Ramones' number one fan. Before long permanent records will be chain-sawed white mice will explode from the deafening music and the school itself will be blown to bits the Ramones officiating as house band. Goodbye Vince Lombardi. Say hello to Rock 'n' Roll High School. Rock n Roll High School Forever: Those rambunctious kids are back in school and back in trouble in a smash sequel. Corey Feldman leads a rock and roll rally at Ronald Reagon High but must triumph over the evil plans of the school's fascist principal Vadar!

• L'Argent | DVD | (23/05/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  'A small transgression provokes a vertiginous avalanche of Evil - until the moment the forces of Good arrive' - Robert Bresson Bresson's classic film adapted from a story by Tolstoy tells of the tragic train of events which ensue when two schoolboys pass a forged banknote in a photography shop. The note is passed to the unwitting Yvon a delivery driver who is arrested for possessing it. Despite being let off by the court Yvon loses his job and becomes trapped in a disastrous sp

• No Man's Land | DVD | (16/03/2015) from £3.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (275.69%)   |  RRP £14.99

  As the 1914 summer sun heats up mainland Europe, the First World War crashes down across the fractured continent. Living in Paris, Arthur Knaap yearns to serve, protect and defend his beloved nation and joins the Foreign Legion. Before long, Arthur is plunged into the cold, consuming darkness of frontline trench warfare. As the men who stand beside hime lose their limbs, their friends and their hope, the true horror of the conflict refuses to abate. With the lights going out on the Western front, the receipt of the devastating news spurs Arthur to make a decision that will change his life, and the course of his war, forever. But as his worn boots take him away from the falling shells, the gravity of his choice and the screams in his nightmares bring a harrowing conflict of their own.

• War Box Set 3 | DVD | (11/10/2010) from £7.98   |  Saving you £9.27 (137.95%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Titles Comprise: Inglorious Bastards: It's World War II the Ardennes mountains. During a bombing five no-good soldiers headed to military prison for a variety of transgressions ranging from murder to desertion get a chance to escape when their convoy is attacked. They decide to make for Switzerland and freedom now as fugitives on the run from both the Americans and the Germans their only hope of escape is the barrel of a gun. After mistakenly killing a group of American agents disguised as a German patrol the party is caught by the French resistance who give them a last chance at redemption by forcing them to carry out an impossible mission to sneak into the most heavily guarded Nazi fortress steal their most precious weapon and return it to the Allies undetected. Starring Fred 'The Hammer' Williamson (Black Caesar From Dusk Till Dawn) and Bo Svenson (The Delta Force Kill Bill) Inglorious Bastards is an explosive thrill ride that will have you on the edge of your seat! Cross of Iron: 1943: a German platoon suffers heavy bombardment from surrounding Soviet troops as they try to affect their withdrawal from Russia: knowing that defeat is inevitable their only goal is survival... Eagles Over London: In this World War II action-thriller the British High Command finds itself in the thick of a huge dilemma when it is realised that they have long been infiltrated by spies form a German intelligence group. This all happens during the preliminary stages of the Battle of Britain.

• Day Of Anger | Blu Ray | (21/08/2017) from £13.04   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When Sergio Leone turned Lee Van Cleef into a major star with For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, the actor sensibly stayed in Italy to make several more spaghetti westerns, including this one from Leone s former assistant Tonino Valerii that genre aficionados rank amongst the best ever made. Giuliano Gemma plays street cleaner Scott Mary, relentlessly bullied by the people of the small town of Clifton. When legendarily ruthless master gunfighter Frank Talby (Van Cleef) rides into town, Scott seizes the opportunity to lift himself out of the gutter, and possibly even surpass Talby s own skills. But what is Talby doing in Clifton in the first place? This lively, intelligent western, notable for the chemistry between its charismatic leads, some memorable action set-pieces (including a rifle duel on horseback that has to be seen to be believed), and a jazzy Riz Ortolani score, is presented here in an exclusive high-definition restoration from the original Techniscope negative.

• Fraud Squad - The Complete Series 1 | DVD | (11/03/2013) from £19.98   |  Saving you £22.00 (122.29%)   |  RRP £39.99

  A well-remembered police procedural drama from the late 1960s, Fraud Squad showcases the exploits of Detective Inspector Gamble and his aide, Detective Sergeant Vicky Hicks, Metropolitan officers on the trail of the con-men and fraudsters who operate at all levels of society - from boardroom to bingo hall. Fraud Squad was notable for being one of the earliest British television dramas to feature a female detective in a leading role, while several storylines focus on Gamble's tangled personal...

• Shark In Venice | DVD | (06/10/2008) from £4.61   |  Saving you £13.14 (461.05%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The seemingly tranquil waterways of Venice are terrorised by the perfect killing machine in this action packed adventure. In search of his father who has mysteriously disappeared diving in the city David (Stephen Baldwin) stumbles across the cryptic trail leading to the long-lost fortune of the Medici. As the unwitting pawn in a Mafia plot to recover the treasure David's girlfriend (Vanessa Johansson) is kidnapped at gunpoint plunging him into a desperate race against time. If he has any hope of saving her he must enter the deadly waters. Can David outgun the Mafia assassins and survive the voracious sharks laying in wait beneath the surface or will he succumb to the same fate as his father?

• Five Children And It / Two Brothers / James And The Giant Peach | DVD | (19/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  5 Chidren And It: Written by E.Nesbit author of 'The Railway Children' this is the movie of five childrens' chance encounter with 'The Psammead' - an ancient extremely irritable sand fairy who has the ability to make wishes come. The only problem is that the wishes only last till sunset and the children also find it hard to think of sensible wishes! Two Brothers: Two tigers separated as cubs and taken into captivity are reunited years later as enemies by an explor