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• Road To - The Complete Collection | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  The Road To Morocco: Two bumbling buffoons are shipwrecked on an island off the coast of North Africa. When the beautiful Princess Shalimar comes to their rescue Jim and Turkey think they've died and gone to heaven. But once her brawny jealous husband finds out what these clowns have been up to they're going to wish they had never left their island. The Road To Singapore: Josh Mallon and his best buddy Ace Lannigan are avowed playboys. They won't even consider getting married. But Josh's shipping magnate father is tired of his prodigal son's whimsical ways. So he forces him to settle down and get a job. Rebellious to the bone Josh puts and end to those plans when -- on the eve of his big engagement party -- he and Ace set sail for Singapore. They accidentally wind up in Kaigoon instead but these free-spirited bachelors couldn't care less. Unfettered by money or responsibility they're as happy as can be. Their trouble begins when they both fall in love with the same lovely native lass. The Road To Utopia: The irrepressible Chester and Duke are back on the road again. This time around the vaudevillians -- disguised as Alaskan bruisers -- are trekking to the Klondike with a newly-found map to a gold mine. A comedy of errors begins when the citizens of a rough and tumble miner's town mistake the boys for claim-jumpers. Saloon mistress Sal goes gunning for the luckless pair whose treasure map just happens to have been her late father's property. Eventually the three gold-hunters team up and begin searching for the mine together. The Road To Zanzibar: After Chucks and Fearless sell a phony diamond mine to a crook the two escape to Zanzibar where they meet comely Brooklyn gals Donna and Julia. Amid jokes and songs the foursome embark on a wacky safari but the women are only going along in hopes of finding Donna's missing brother. When the guys discover the true reason for the safari they decide to return to Zanzibar; that is until they encounter a band of wild cannibals -- who have their own plans for the duo. The Road To Rio: To avoid being charged with arson after burning down a circus Hot Lips Barton (Bob Hope) and Scat Sweeney (Bing Crosby) stow away on an ocean bound ship. Aboard the vessel the duo fall for Lucia Maria de Andrade (Dorothy Lamour) who is under the spell of her evil aunt (Gale Sondergaard) who has arranged a marriage for the young beauty. This film was in good hands since many of Hope's best collaborators worked on the picture. Director Norman Z. McLeod went on to direct Hope in four more features -- Alias Jesse James Casanova's Big Night My Favourite Spy and The Paleface. McLeod had a remarkable career behind the cameras working with such Hollywood greats as Danny Kaye (The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty) W.C. Fields (It's A Gift) and Cary Grant (Topper). Writer Edmund Beloin supplied the stories for both My Favorite Spy and The Lemon Drop Kid. His collaborator Jack Rose penned My Favourite Brunette The Great Lover Sorrowful Jones and The Seven Little Foys. This The Road To Bali: Hope and Crosby play George Cochran and Harold Gridley American vaudevillains on the run from some angry fathers in Australia. To avoid a dual shotgun wedding George and Harold end up on the island of Bali and sign on as deep sea divers for Prince Arok - and become smitten with the princess Lalah. The Road To Hong Kong: Vaudevillians Harry (Crosby) and Chester (Hope) travel to Tibet to search for a drug to restore Chester's memory. Once they find the cure Chester's memory becomes so good that he accidentally memorizes a secret formula for space navigation. Soon the two meet up with a beautiful spy (Collins) and get slightly sidetracked... to another planet!

• The Return | DVD | (29/01/2008) from £11.87   |  Saving you £8.12 (68.41%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Two brothers the headstrong Ivan and his gentle elder sibling Andrey live with their mother in a remote Russian town. One day their lives are shattered by the appearance of their long-lost father whom they can only recollect from a ten year old photograph. The reappearance brings with it a whole host of unanswered questions. Is he really their father and why has he come back after all this time? Reunited on a fishing trip tensions quickly come to the surface and events take a tr

• The Nutcracker | DVD | (31/10/2000) from £33.73   |  Saving you £-8.74 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £24.99

  It's easy to see why The Nutcracker, Tchaikovsky's perennially popular ballet first performed in 1892, has such enduring appeal. As Patrice Bart's 1999 production shows, it is always beautiful to look at, lending itself to the Christmas season where it has a permanent place in the schedules of the major dance companies. And Hoffmann's tale of the troubled child who must go on a wonderful (and occasionally terrifying) journey of discovery has a universal and timeless appeal. Bart's production for the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin builds on Petipa's original choreography and develops the context of the child Marie's (Nadja Saidakova) anxiety into a strong narrative. The godfather Drosselmayer (Oliver Matz) is initially a sinister figure, forcing her to confront past events before leading her into the glittering land of the Sugar Plum Fairy. Here, all expectations are exceeded. The familiarity of Tchaikovsky's intricately woven themes works in total harmony with sumptuous production values. The dancing is sublime. As the Prince, Vladimir Malakhov evokes the spirit of a young Nureyev. His pas de deux with the Sugar Plum Fairy should challenge even the most cynical tear ducts. Sit back, share the frisson of anticipation as Daniel Barenboim enters the conductor's box and let the whole experience engulf you. On the DVD: There are no extras. In addition to the 16:9 picture format, which enhances the authentic theatrical atmosphere, the Dolby Digital 5.1 sound helps make this Nutcracker an aural feast. Under Barenboim's masterful control, the orchestra draws you into the heart of the music. Booklet notes provide historical background as well as performer biographies, but a more complete cast list would have been useful. --Piers Ford

• The Bomber | DVD | (26/09/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This action-packed adventure is set during the Second World War, when a soviet aircraft crashes in Nazi-occupied territory. Miraculously, the pilot and his radio operator & flight navigator survive the crash. It is now up to each of them to put their military training into action to escape the enemy forces.In the terrifying fight to get back to their own troops, they uncover an act of sabotage by a commanding officer, and are branded as traitors. Alone, and with no allies, the fight is now for their lives.

• Swan Lake/Sleeping Beauty/The Nutcracker - Pas De Deux | DVD | (17/03/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Three of the most enchanting Ballet's brought together for the first time as a specially packaged gift for any aspiring ballet dancer

• Black Eagle | DVD | (04/05/2015) from £6.89   |  Saving you £6.10 (88.53%)   |  RRP £12.99

  MARTIAL ARTS LEGEND SHO KOSUGI FACES OFF AGAINST ACTION MOVIE STAR JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME IN THIS 80s ACTION CLASSIC FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE OCTAGON After an F11 fighter plane gets shot down over the Mediterranean Sea the U.S. Government cannot afford to lose the top-secret laser tracking device on board. But unfortunately the KGB team lead by the infamous Andrei (Jean-Claude-Van-Damme) are beating the CIA in the race to find it. The CIA has no choice but to call in their best man master martial artist Ken Tani (Sho Kosugi) code name...Black Eagle. In response the KGB resorts to an all-out war with the powerful Andrei matching Ken blow for blow.

• Burial Of The Rats | DVD | (19/06/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Bram Stoker and his father are travelling in 19th century France when Bram is captured and taken to a coven of rat worshipping female bandits scantily clad in rat-pelt bikinis. Supported by man-eating rats these warrior women undertake murderous raids on men who have wronged them and use Bram to chronicle their events. But does his love for one of the Amazonian rat women instigate sympathy for their cause?

• Ivan's Childhood | DVD | (26/08/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Andrei Tarkovsky's prize-winning debut feature is an extraordinaryly moving and powerful story of war and revenge. Determined to avenge his family's death at the hands of the Nazis 12 year old Ivan joins a Russian partisan regiment as a scout where he becomes indispensable for his ability to slip unnoticed through enemy lines. But as his missions become increasingly dangerous it is decided that he must be removed from the front line. Ivan resists and convinces his commanding offic

• Celebrity | DVD | (04/02/2002) from £5.74   |  Saving you £9.25 (161.15%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Woody Allen's Celebrity--a portrait of the celebrity life as seen through the eyes of a newly divorced couple--is a black-and-white, New York-style La Dolce Vita that's a chillier flip side to Allen's earlier New York valentine, Manhattan. Despite a few missteps, though, it's an admirable (if dark) and worthy addition to the Allen pantheon. Kenneth Branagh and Judy Davis (both boasting American accents) star as the ex-couple, each struggling to build new, separate lives in a media-saturated, celebrity-driven world. Branagh tries his hand at celebrity profiles (while peddling a screenplay to any star that will listen) and falls into the lap of a bosomy starlet (Melanie Griffith), the first in a long line of briefly attainable women. Davis runs into a producer (Joe Mantegna) who offers her a job as a TV personality as well as a loving relationship. This seemingly simple double plot is punctuated with twists and turns in the form of flashbacks and innumerable side trips, all ravishingly photographed in black and white by the legendary Sven Nykvist, and populated by one of Allen's largest casts ever; if you blink you'll miss countless cameos by Isaac Mizrahi, Donald Trump, Hank Azaria, Leonardo DiCaprio and a host of others. While Davis is splendid as usual (aside from the requisite nervous breakdown scene she's done one too many times), somebody should have told Branagh to put a kibosh on his Woody Allen imitation. His failure in the role, however, isn't entirely his fault, as it's another in a long line of unlikable male protagonists which Allen has created, as if daring audiences to hate his main characters after loving them in such movies as Manhattan and Annie Hall. Far more enjoyable misadventures with Branagh include Charlise Theron in the film's best performance as a libidinous supermodel with a penchant for Echinacea; a stunning Famke Janssen as a successful book editor; and Winona Ryder, acting like an adult for the first time, as an aspiring actress. But they all manage to slip through Branagh's fingers by the end of the film. --Mark Englehart, Amazon.com

• Firestorm | DVD | (25/08/2003) from £3.98   |  Saving you £2.01 (50.50%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Former American football star Howie Long stars as smokejumper Jesse Graves who has to battle not only a 600-foot wall of flames but also a convicted murderer posing as a firefighter while escaping from prison. Using few tools and without backup Graves must now try to outsmart the cunning killer saving the woman he has taken hostage. But the fire is turning and time is running out...

• Dovzhenko: War Trilogy | DVD | (24/09/2012) from £20.00   |  Saving you £24.99 (124.95%)   |  RRP £44.99

  Titles Comprise:Zvenigora:Arsenal:Earth:

• Prisoners of Stalin | DVD | (26/06/2017) from £4.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In 1945, Soviet war hero Ignat is sent to work as a locomotive mechanic in a Siberian labor camp where he meets an assortment of Germans and Russians Nominated for a Golden globe.

• In the Fog | Blu Ray | (26/08/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In 1942 Belarus is in the hands of Nazis and the local militia. Sushenya is taken from his house in the middle of the night by Burov and his sidekick Voitik two partisan fighters hiding out in the hills and forest. Sushenya is the only one of four captured rail workers who has been allowed to live by the occupying Germans after seemingly sabotaging the rail tracks. With the village and even his wife turned against him as a collaborator Sushenya accepts what must happen next until the Germans suddenly appear and he is - perhaps - given a second chance leaving space for doubt both on his betrayal and on the legitimacy of punishment by death. The three - and later two - men walk in the wood exhausted fleeing death from the Nazis while discussing and living the moral dilemmas of treason heroism guilt and revenge. Shot in sumptuous long takes and vibrant colour In the Fog ultimately questions the corruption of man's very humanity in the context of war. Special Features: Letter Trailer

• The Czechoslovak New Wave Collection Volume II | DVD | (07/12/2015) from £40.15   |  Saving you £-15.16 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  This specially priced, Limited Edition 3-DVD set comprises three extraordinary features from a golden age of Eastern European cinema which came to be known as the 'Czechoslovak New Wave'. This brief period, from circa 1963 to 1969, produced an astonishing sequence of films that made a huge impact on world cinema. These three integral works of that most creative period were made in the most difficult of circumstances under the gaze of Government censors, yet achieved a miraculous and subversive marriage of content and form. Now, fifty years on, the films remain as remarkable as ever. The set includes: A Blonde in Love / Lásky jedné plavovlásky (Miloš Forman, 1965) Widely regarded as one of the great films of the 60s, this bittersweet romance unfolds as a wry critique of life under totalitarianism. Forman's sweetly seductive Oscar®-nominated feature remains a subtle and beautifully observed social satire. The Party and the Guests / O slavnosti a hostech (Jan Němec, 1966) Considered the most politically dangerous film made during the Czech New Wave - and subsequently banned forever - Němec's film is a biting satire of authoritarianism and conformity. The film's universal relevance continues to this day. Larks on a String / Skřivánci na niti (Jiří Menzel, 1969) Menzel's audacious, long-banned political comedy is set in a scrap metal yard where political dissidents are interned for 're-education'. A powerful commentary on totalitarianism and a celebration of the resilience of the human spirit.

• Day Watch | DVD | (28/01/2008) from £5.38   |  Saving you £14.61 (73.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The future of Moscow is in the balance in this, the second part of Timur Bekmambetov's fantasy thriller trilogy.

• Behind Enemy Lines | UMD | (27/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

• Medieval Epics: Legends of the Sword (3 Disc Boxset, Iron & Blood; Barbarossa: Siege Lord & Alexander: Warrior Saint) | DVD | (01/10/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Titles Comprise: Iron and Blood Barbarossa: Siege and Lord Alexander: Warrior Saint

• In the Fog | DVD | (26/08/2013) from £7.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (100.13%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In 1942 Belarus is in the hands of Nazis and the local militia. Sushenya is taken from his house in the middle of the night by Burov and his sidekick Voitik two partisan fighters hiding out in the hills and forest. Sushenya is the only one of four captured rail workers who has been allowed to live by the occupying Germans after seemingly sabotaging the rail tracks. With the village and even his wife turned against him as a collaborator Sushenya accepts what must happen next until the Germans suddenly appear and he is - perhaps - given a second chance leaving space for doubt both on his betrayal and on the legitimacy of punishment by death. The three - and later two - men walk in the wood exhausted fleeing death from the Nazis while discussing and living the moral dilemmas of treason heroism guilt and revenge. Shot in sumptuous long takes and vibrant colour In the Fog ultimately questions the corruption of man's very humanity in the context of war. Special Features: Trailer

• La Cenerentola | DVD | (30/01/2006) from £15.96   |  Saving you £14.03 (87.91%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Vladimir Jurowski and Sir Peter Hall are re-united for a fresh and vibrant but timelessly elegant production of Rossinin's much-loved setting of the Cinderella story with a fine cast led by Ruxandra Donose in the title role. Filmed in June 2005 with high definition cameras and recorded in multi-track 5.1 surround sound

• Shostakovich - Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District (Jansens) | DVD | (30/10/2006) from £25.65   |  Saving you £4.34 (16.92%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Shostakovich's musically brilliant and ingeniously panoramic opera about love, lust, power and oppression is famously well played by the Concertgebouw Orchestra under Mariss Jansons in this authoritative production. Stage Director Martin Kusej builds on formidable musical strengths to forge a relentless drama that explores with emotional conviction the shadowy, layered boundaries between victims and perpetrators. First-rate protagonist Eva-Maria Westbroek is phenomenal in her gripping interpretation of Katerina, compelling the entire cast, including the choir, to almost unbearable realism in their portray of timeless human weakness.