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• Western Union | DVD | (21/02/2005) from £22.06   |  Saving you £-12.07 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Former outlaw Vince Shaw gives up a life of crime and goes to work for a telegraph company. However his brother Jack Slade leads a gang of criminals to prevent the company from connecting the line between Omaha and Salt Lake City bringing the two into deadly conflict...

• Farscape 1.2 | DVD | (17/04/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  An international co-production of Jim Henson's Creature Shop, Australia's Channel 9 and Hallmark Entertainment, Farscape is genre television at its most ambitious, inspired both by the cult appeal of Babylon 5 and the continuing success of the Star Trek franchise. Making extensive use of CGI, prosthetics and state-of-the-art puppetry, Farscape takes a visual leap beyond previous shows. Admittedly, the basic premise may be borrowed from Buck Rogers (American astronaut catapulted to far-flung galaxy populated by strange aliens), while the crew have something of Blake's 7 about them (a motley bunch of escaped convicts pursued by a relentless foe), and ideas like the living ship are borrowed from Babylon 5, but the Farscape concept has a freshness that makes it look and feel completely original. The production design is all bio-mechanical curves and the script never takes itself too seriously (fart jokes and double-entendres pop up when you least expect them). It must have been expensive to make, but it certainly looks (and sounds in Dolby Digital 5.1) like every penny made it to the screen. In true Buck Rogers style, Ben Browder plays leading man John Crichton as an all-American astronaut, although with a more believable sense of bewilderment; the supporting cast is a mixture of Australian and British actors, mostly disguised under heavy make-up.In this second box set there are five episodes spread across two discs. Although the generic Star Trek-style storylines seem a little over-familiar, the witty and fast-paced scripts help to keep things fresh. In "Exodus from Genesis" the crew of Moya are invaded by space cockroaches, who, in a suprising twist then help them fend off the Peacekeepers. "Thank God it's Friday Again" shows D'Argo finding happiness in a hippy commune where all is not what it seems; Crichton has a Matrix-style worm inserted in his navel before Rygel's bodily functions prove to be instrumental in rescuing the crew. Crichton finds love with the "PK Tech Girl", much to the consternation of Aeryn Sun, who goes into full Lt. Ripley mode and spends the episode running around with a pulse rifle under flickering strobe lighting. In "That Old Black Magic", a malevolent magician forces a confrontation between Crichton and his nemesis, Crais; Zhaan must revive her bad old ways in order to save the day. "DNA Mad Scientist" is the most original episode, with a neat twist on the Frankenstein scenario thanks to the splendid villain, Namtar; a distinctly unpleasant side to some of the characters is revealed as they bargain body parts in exchange for a map home. On the DVD: Because the first disc contains three episodes instead of the usual two, special features are limited to a trailer and some conceptual art. The second disc also has a profile of Zhaan. --Mark Walker

• The Phantom Of The Opera | DVD | (29/05/2001) from £10.99   |  Saving you £2.00 (18.20%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Please Note: The studio has not sealed this disc in shrinkwrapped plastic. Please rest assured you that these discs are new. This early version of The Phantom Of The Opera is regarded by many as the first great horror film and certainly the best of the silent era. Lon Chaney is Erik the horribly disfigured Phantom who leads a menacing existence in the catacombs and dungeons beneath the Paris Opera. When Erik falls in love with a beautiful primadonna he kidnaps her and

• Hired Wife | DVD | (06/06/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Five-time Golden Globe winner Rosalind Russell (His Girl Friday, Auntie Mame) stars in this 1940 romantic comedy as Kendal Browning, the crafty and quick-witted assistant to business tycoon Stephen Dexter (Brian Aherne, Juarez). When Stephen a bigwig bachelor with a penchant for blondes faces a hostile takeover from a rival company, he's advised to enter into a sham marriage, putting his assets in a new wife's name to avoid bankruptcy. Though the CEO fancies model Phyllis Walden (Virginia Bruce), Kendal whose love for Stephen has burned secretly for months has other ideas about her boss's impending engagement. As Kendal wards off Phyllis and Stephen fights to keep his business afloat, sparks fly, and fizzle, and fly again while laughs abound throughout it all. With strong supporting performances from John Carroll (Go West) and Robert Benchley (Foreign Correspondent), who ˜comes close to stealing the show as a comic lawyer-pal' (The Times), Hired Wife remains a timeless, sparkling showcase of some of the era's brightest comic talents.

• Walk East on Beacon (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (25/03/2024) from £13.79   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  G-men weed out communist spies in the Cold War classic Walk East on Beacon, starring George Murphy (Border Incident), Finlay Currie (Bunny Lake Is Missing), Karel Štěpánek (Affair in Trinidad), and Virginia Gilmore (Western Union). When it emerges that Eastern Bloc countries have received information regarding a top secret 'space weapons' programme, federal agent Belden (Murphy) and his team must martial all the latest technology - including wiretaps and video recording - to prevent Professor Kafer (Currie) from being kidnapped. Directed by Alfred L Werker (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes), inspired by the real-life case of Soviet spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, and loosely based on FBI boss J Edgar Hoover's own accounts of that case, Walk East on Beacon is a riveting account of the 'crime of the century'. Product Features High Definition remaster Original mono audio Audio commentary with In a Lonely Street: Film Noir, Genre, Masculinity author and academic Frank Krutnik (2021, 69 mins) The March of Time: 'G-Men Combat Saboteurs' (1941, 21 mins): documentary short from the famed newsreel series created by Walk East on Beacon! producer Louis de Rochemont The March of Time: 'G-Men at War' (1942, 20 mins): documentary short from the newsreel series, focusing on the efforts of the FBI to apprehend spies and fifth columnists Commotion on the Ocean (1956, 17 mins): the Three Stooges once again find themselves mixed-up with a foreign spy ring and smuggling top secret materials in this 'Fake Shemp' reversion of Dunked in the Deep Image gallery: publicity and promotional material New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

• Harvey Girls, The | Blu Ray | (15/12/2020) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Blue Tiger | DVD | (02/06/2003) from £5.60   |  Saving you £0.39 (6.96%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Blue Tiger explores the bloody-minded determination of a mother to avenge the tragic death of her young child fatally shot in the crossfire of a Yakuza 'hit'. Her only clue to the identity of her son's killer is the ripped shirt of the hitman and a lurid Blue Tiger tattoo emblazoned across his chest. Disguising herself as a voluptuous cocktail waitress she infiltrates known Yakuza haunts seducing suspects in the hope of finding the tell tale tattoo and exacting her burning revenge. According to Samurai legend the Blue Tiger is always in search of the Red Tiger; when they finally meet someone always pays with their life!

• Demons 3 - The Ogre | DVD | (10/11/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  What happens when the nightmare of your childhood suddenly becomes reality? Charel author of best-selling horror stories goes on holiday with her husband and her ten year old son in an ancient villa. The villa is said to be cursed and very soon Charel realises that the ogre that haunted her dreams as a child is alive and lives in the basement of this very house! It's not until the ogre kills their babysitter and kidnaps their boy that Charel's husband Tom realises that the stor

• Too Much Johnson | DVD | (29/06/2015) from £11.59   |  Saving you £1.40 (12.08%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Shot in 1938 Too Much Johnson was Welles’ first feature the film that helped him hone his craft and led him to create to the masterpiece that is Citizen Kane. The footage was presumed destroyed in a fire in Welles’ home in 1971 but was recently rediscovered in Italy and the restored 66 mins version makes its UK DVD debut. Too Much Johnson is an elaborate 1890s farce of mistaken identity. Cuckolded husband Dathis (Edgar Barrier) is on the tale of a man named Billings (Joseph Cotten) who has been having an affair with Dathis’s wife (Arlene Francis). Billings flees by ship to Cuba where now also hiding from his own wife (Ruth Ford) and mother-in-law (Mary) he adopts the identity of a plantation owner named Johnson who is expecting a mail-order bride. Orson Welles plays a Keystone Kop.

• The Hot Spot (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (19/06/2023) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Harry, a drifter (Don Johnson, Miami Vice) rolls into town and talks his way into a job at a car dealership where he becomes caught between two beautiful women, the boss's conniving wife Dolly (Virginia Madsen, Candyman) and Gloria (Jennifer Connelly, Requiem for a Dream) a naive young accountant whose life is complicated by blackmail. When Harry plans to rob the local bank, he becomes enmeshed in a lethal web of lust, greed and extortion, whose only escape is murder. Adapted from Hell Hath No Fury by Charles Williams, The Hot Spot is a dusty, sweaty modern noir that updates the pulp formula of twists and turns with an intensity to match director Dennis Hopper's earlier film roles. Directed by Hopper (Easy Rider, Out of the Blue) with verve, the stellar cast are supported by William Sadler (The Shawshank Redemption), Charles Martin Smith (The Untouchables) and Jack Nance (Eraserhead) accompanied by a brilliant soundtrack featuring Miles Davis, John Lee Hooker, Taj Mahal and original music by Jack Nitzsche. Limited Edition Features 2K restoration by Kino Lorber, overseen and approved by cinematographer Ueli Steiger Uncompressed mono PCM audio Archival interview with Dennis Hopper who discusses The Hot Spot and features footage of John Lee Hooker and images from the set (1991) Interviews with stars Virginia Madsen (2021, 7 mins) and William Sadler (2021, 7 mins) Nick Dawson on Dennis Hopper and The Hot Spot, an interview with the editor of Dennis Hopper: Interviews (2023) Duane Swierczynski on Charles Williams' source novel, the crime writer and expert looks at the adaptation and provides a background of the author (2023) Trailer English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Reversible sleeve featuring original and new artwork by Time Tomorrow Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by critics Elena Lazic on the film; Leslie Byron Pitt on the erotic thriller genre and the film's place within it; and an archival piece on the film featuring an interview with Hopper by RJ Smith Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings

• Lady From Louisiana / Flame Of The Barbary Coast | DVD | (26/06/2006) from £9.84   |  Saving you £0.15 (1.52%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Lady From Louisiana (Dir. Bernard Vorhaus 1941): Northern lawyer John Reynolds travels to New Orleans to try and clean up the local crime syndicate based around a lottery. Although he meets Julie Mirbeau and they are attracted to each other the fact that her father heads the lottery means they end up on opposite sides. When her father is killed Julie becomes more and more involved in the shady activities and in blocking Reynolds' attempts at prosecution. Flame Of Barbary Coast (Dir. Joseph Kane 1945): A cowboy competes with a gambling tycoon on the Barbary Coast for the hand of a beautiful dance-hall queen. However the 1906 San Francisco earthquake provides a climactic twist though...

• Father's Doing Fine | DVD | (10/11/2014) from £17.99   |  Saving you £-8.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Based on Noel Langley’s play Little Lambs Eat Ivy (a title inspired by Milton Drake’s 1943 novelty hit) Father’s Doing Fine hilariously charts the adventures of an impoverished upper-class family consisting of a widowed mother and her four daughters. The love affairs of the two unmarried daughters some worthless shares a thieving butler the unpaid rent the matrimonial difficulties of a third daughter and the approaching “accouchement” of the eldest provide the story. Featuring Richard Attenborough as a frantic father-to-be and Heather Thatcher as straitened matriarch Lady Buckering this star-studded domestic comedy is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Special Features: Original Theatrical Trailer Image Gallery Promotional Materials PDFs

• Deadlier Than The Male | DVD | (02/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A rarely seen 1966 tongue-in-cheek spy thriller starring Richard Johnson as Hugh Bulldog Drummond investigating the attempted sabotage of oil deals and assassination of a Persian King. Elke Sommer co-stars.

• Il Ritorno D'Ulisse In Patria - Monteverdi | DVD | (28/11/2005) from £3.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (275.69%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Il Ritorno D'Ulisse In Patria - Recorded At The Glyndebourne Festival Opera 1973.

• Ticks | DVD | (26/06/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  From the director of Hellraiser 2 and the special effects wizard of Terminator Gremlins and Total Recall comes the creepiest crawliest nightmare you will ever experience! Mutated blood-sucking insects are on the hunt for human flesh to host their eggs and feed their young. Starring Seth Green and Ami Dolenz this movie is guaranteed to make your skin crawl.

• Film Noir Thrillers | DVD | (03/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

• Pardon My Sarong / Who Done It | DVD | (28/08/2006) from £15.20   |  Saving you £-5.21 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Pardon My Sarong: Bud and Lou play a couple of bus drivers who quickly get in trouble. Who Done It?: The stooges are private detectives looking for a missing millionaire. They wander around the millionaire's spooky mansion confronting various crooks and a dangerous dame. The stooges vanquish the crooks (Shemp uses his ""trusty shovel"") and find the missing man.

• Ring of Bright Water | Blu Ray | (21/05/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Abbott And Costello Collection - Pardon My Sarong/Buck Privates/Here Come The Co-Eds/Who Done It?/One Night In The Tropics/ | DVD | (20/09/2010) from £10.78   |  Saving you £14.21 (56.90%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Get ready for big laughs with Abbott and Costello undeniably the most popular comedy team of all time! Now the classic films of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello are available on DVD in this hilarious collection. Set Comprises: Here Come The Co-Eds (1945): Bud and Lou head to campus and attempt to save Bixby College from closing down. In Society (1944): The boys find themselves in hot water after a plumbing job goes wrong at a high society bash. Buck Privates

• The Lions Are Free | DVD | (16/10/2006) from £12.79   |  Saving you £0.20 (1.50%)   |  RRP £12.99

  What happened to the lions in the internationally famous film Born Free? The human stars of Born Free Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna were haunted by the 'loss' of their lions after filming ended. In The Lions Are Free Bill travels back to remote Kenya to find the legendary George Adamson and to be re-united with some big cat companions and to see how they had adapted to life in the wild. Adamson's struggle to return his man-made pride to a free and natural life makes for a moving unique documentary which continues to inspire all lovers of wildlife.