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• Cannon Busters - The Complete Series | DVD | (10/05/2021) from £7.29   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Cannon Busters is an animated adventure about the value of friendship and just how far one is willing to go to maintain it. If The Wizard of Oz met the Hidden Fortress with influences derived from Escaflowne, hip-hop, and classic RPGS you get Cannon Busters, one wild ride of fun, suspense, action and wackiness. It's a roadshow-style adventure of epic proportions! Follow the adventures and exploits of S.A.M., a high-end, royal-class friendship droid who's joined by a quirky, discarded maintenance robot and a brash, deadly fugitive. Together, the unlikely trio embarks on an unforgettable journey in a fantastic and dangerous world in search of S.A.M.'s best friend, the heir to a powerful kingdom under siege.

• A Portrait of James Dean: Joshua Tree, 1951 | DVD | (13/05/2013) from £10.18   |  Saving you £5.81 (57.07%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Joshua Tree 1951 follows James Dean (the handsome James Preston) on his first steps to becoming the international icon of youth and rebellion. The film is a series of revealing and sometimes dreamlike vignettes that blend autobiographical and fictionalised elements to present a pivotal moment in a remarkable life. We follow Jimmy Dean during two periods of his life prior to becoming the international star that we all know today. In 1949, he joins UCLA as an acting major, a decision which ultimately estranged him from his father. Whilst there he wrestles with the mental and sexual constraints and boundaries of society and while demonstrating great acting skills he rebels against the system he finds himself within. Whilst in California he also starts to experiment with his sexuality, and finds solace in the beds of both men and women. The film's 'present tense' is in 1951, as Dean drives to the desert of Joshua Tree, California. Along for the ride is The Roommate (Dan Glenn), a struggling actor who lived and loved with Dean whilst at college. The friendship and intimacy he provides gives Dean a sense of security before embarking on his own path. Matthew Mishory presents his first feature; a brutal and honest exploration of Dean's complicated sexuality and formative relationships; Joshua Tree, 1951 redefines the boy behind the image for a new generation. Special Features: Short Film - Delphinium: A childhood portrait of Derek Jarman

• Hourglass Sanatorium | Blu Ray | (07/09/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A young man named Joseph (Jan Nowicki) visits a dilapidated Sanatorium to see his father Jakob (Tadeusz Konrad). On his arrival a sinister doctor informs him that his father had stopped breathing but hasn’t died yet perhaps due to Joseph’s arrival which may have halted time in the Sanatorium. Joseph undertakes a strange journey through the many rooms of the Sanatorium each of which conjures worlds composed of his memories dreams and nightmares. Adapted from a collection of short stories by Polish-Jewish writer Bruno Schulz The Hourglass Sanatorium dispenses with traditional narrative fashioning an audio-visual mosaic that blurs the line between reality and fantasy. As in The Saragossa Manuscript Wojciech Has fashions a cinematic universe composed with byzantine sets hallucinatory images and a gallery of grotesque characters. However his magical-realist vision of pre-WW2 Poland is tinged with the sober consciousness of the violence that would follow and the recreation of Joseph’s childhood in a Jewish ghetto foreshadowing the Holocaust. Extras: Full frame-by-frame restoration and fully remastered soundtrack Funded by the Polish Arts council Restored version of Has' psychedelic masterpiece.

• Durarara!! Season 1 | DVD | (11/05/2015) from £34.59   |  Saving you £5.40 (15.61%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Ikebukuro, Tokyo. Mikado Ryugamine is a young man who yearns for the city like no other. At the invitation of his childhood friend, Masaomi Kida, he leaves his hometown and enters Raira Academy in Ikebukuro. Masaomi warns Mikado about the mysterious organization of unknown origin known as the "Dollars" and some dangerous people in Ikebukuro to watch out for. In particular: the brawling champion Shizuo Heiwajima and hobbyist information broker Izaya Orihara. On his first day out in the city, Mikado, remembering another of Masaomi's stories, sees a jet-black motorcycle being driven by the fabled "Headless Rider." From then on, a series of random attacks and events begins to occur on the streets of Ikebukuro, and a group known as the Yellow Scarves arises as Ikebukuro begins to crumble!

• Promised Neverland (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (07/03/2022) from £29.05   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Fight your destiny in this world. As much as the children love her, she is not their mother. Although they live together, they are not related either. Grace Field House is where children without parents are taken in. An irreplaceable home for the 38 children that all live happily every day, even if they were strangers at first. However, the happy days at Grace Field House ended abruptly. In truth, their home is a farm, and the children are just human meat, food for the demons. Meanwhile, the Mum they love is a watchdog. I don't want any more of my family to die! Contains the complete first season on Blu-ray with both the English dub and the original Japanese track with English subtitles. Product Features Textless Opening and Ending

• Tell No One | DVD | (25/11/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Charming and funny, Tell No One bubbles over with irresistible romantic playfulness. Italian-born Matthia is about to move to Madrid to be with his gorgeous boyfriend, Eduard. By all accounts, their relationship couldn't be more perfect - so it's in a no-brainer for Eduard to surprise Matthia by flying over to Italy before the move so he can finally meet his man's family. There is only one problem- despite assurances otherwise, Matthia has NOT come out to his loved ones! Now, Matthia h...

• In Bloom | DVD | (09/06/2014) from £10.48   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Reminiscent of indie hit 'Weekend' 'In Bloom' is the most realistic depiction of a gay relationship to come out of the US in some time- add the foreboding threat of a killer on the loose and this incredibly rich and rewarding film becomes unmissable. Kurt and Paul seem very solid and in love living large in their home city of Chicago thanks in part to Kurt's successful pot-dealing business. Everything is going their way. But when a sexy young customer makes a play for Kurt it sets of a chain of events that not only puts their perfect relationship at risk but possibly even their lives.

• Persona 3 - Movie 1 | DVD | (13/02/2017) from £8.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  If I told you that there's more than 24 hours in a day, would you believe me? The Dark Hourthe time which exists between each day. During those hours, the town stands still, the people are　transformed into mere objects, and countless monsters called Shadows run rampant through the town. Only the Personas, beings with special powers, are able to combat these creatures. Makoto Yuki, a transfer student at Gekkoukan High School, is suddenly awakened with the powers to control a Persona. Yuki is recruited to join other Persona summoners of his school in the Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad. As they continue to investigate the situations surrounding the Dark Hours, they all come face to face with their shocking fate Contains the film on DVD with the original Japanese track and English subtitles.

• People of the Mountains (Emberek a havason) | DVD | (29/08/2016) from £14.49   |  Saving you £-1.50 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Arguably the most gifted Hungarian filmmaker of his generation, István Sz ts has been compared by critics to Ford, Vigo and Renoir. His forgotten masterpiece, People of the Mountains, is the story of a woodcutter and his family who live high in mountains of Transylvania. Forced out of their home, they are enticed into working for the very company that ejected them, only for their lives to begin to unravel one tragic misfortune after another. Shot almost entirely on location (in the harshest conditions imaginable), using mostly non-professional actors, a devotion to realism and the details of daily life, and an indictment of the prevailing conditions, this was a groundbreaking film. Sz ts auspicious debut was, however, refused a distribution license by Nazi minister for Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels and condemned as 'Communist propaganda'. In spite of this, the film went onto to win a major prize at the 1942 Venice Film Festival and later cited as an early model for the post-war Italian Neorealism movement, praised by Vittorio De Sica and Cesare Zavattini among others. A powerful, elemental vision suffused with poetic lyricism and a romantic anti-capitalist zeal, People of the Mountains is the jewel of Hungarian cinema of the period.

• Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion 1 - Initiation | Blu Ray | (11/11/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From the studio that brought you Mobile Suit Gundam and Cowboy Bebop comes the first in a trilogy of films to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the classic franchise Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion. In a world dominated by the Holy Empire of Britannia, most of the globe has been conquered and forced into submission by this behemoth of a superpower. Japan, now renamed Area 11 after its defeat at the hands of the Empire, continues to harbour pockets of seemingly futile resistance that seems powerless in the face of the might before them. Enter Lelouch Lamperouge, an exiled Britannian prince hidden away under a false name in Area 11 harbouring a deep hatred for the empire which has forsaken him, he grabs the chance to fight back when a mysterious power known as Geass is bestowed upon him, and begins working from the shadows to bring Britannia to its knees as the faceless leader of Area 11's resistance. Features: Rigid case eight art cards A3 poster

• Manji | DVD | (23/04/2007) from £19.75   |  Saving you £0.24 (1.22%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Practically unclassifiable Manji moves from lesbian love to adultery to multiple sexual relationships tangled in webs of deceit blackmail and maybe even murder. Sonoko (Kyoko Kishida Woman of the Dunes) having grown bored with her pampered life as the wife of an impotent lawyer enrolls in art class where she scandalizes the school with her lusty paintings of fellow art student Mitsuko (Ayako Wakao Red Angel). A torrid affair erupts between Sonoko and Mitsuko fuelling jealousy among their male lovers. Soon their lives are entrenched in desire deception blackmail blood oaths and suicide pacts in this controversial and visually stunning film from director Yasuzo Masumura. A dazzling tale of love lust and the extremes of desire this controversial and groundbreaking drama boasts a screenplay by Onibaba/Kureneko director Kaneto Shindo. Another twisted masterpiece from the director of Blind Beast and Red Angel Manji is as shocking today as when it was first shown in Japan in the mid-1960s.

• Mozart 22 - Die Zauberflote | DVD | (22/01/2007) from £19.05   |  Saving you £2.94 (15.43%)   |  RRP £21.99

  Part of the epach-making release of Mozart's complete operas on DVD, Pierre Audi's production of this blithe fable suggests an operatic Garden of Eden, enhanced by the primary-coloured, story-book designs of Karel Appel. The tale of two young men undergoing a rite of passage to win their perfect spouse inspired Mozart's most tuneful yet sublime score - superbly brought to life by Riccardo Muti and a distinguished cast of international soloists.

• Paprika - DVD/Blu-ray Double Play | Blu Ray | (20/11/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Based on a novel by the noted Japanese science fiction writer Yasutaka Tsutui, the brilliant and unsettling feature Paprika continues director Satoshi Kon's exploration of the disturbingly permeable boundaries between dreams and reality. Techno-geek Kosaku Tokita invented the DC Mini to allow therapists to enter a patient's dreams and explore his unconscious, but an evil cabal uses the Mini to create a mass nightmare that causes multiple suicides. Psychotherapist Atsuko Chiba uses her alter-identity, "dream detective" Paprika, to intervene. Entering the nightmare, she witness a bizarre parade of appliances, toys, and kitsch objects: all of her intelligence and imagination are needed to escape this nightmare and its perpetrators. As he did in Millennium Actress and Paranoia Agent, Kon effortlessly carries the audience between reality and fantasy, confirming his reputation as one of the most talented and interesting directors working in animation today. (Contains violence, violence against women, grotesque imagery, alcohol and tobacco use) --Charles Solomon, Amazon.com

• Lupin III: The First (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (20/09/2021) from £29.19   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Gold Rush - Charlie Chaplin Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (14/09/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Gold Rush saw the highly anticipated return of the Little Tramp to the silver screen as he seeks his fortune in the hidden gold mines of Klondike. This logical ambition quickly becomes surreal, however, when another prospector, just as famished as he, begins mistaking the Little Tramp for a giant chicken. In this world where shoelaces become spaghetti and bread rolls become ballet shoes, Chaplin, the alchemist, turns gold into visual poetry...

• Rage of Bahamut | DVD | (06/06/2016) from £29.95   |  Saving you £-4.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Two thousand years ago, the black-and-silver-winged dragon, Bahamut, terrorized the magical land of Mistarcia. The humans, god, and demons that inhabited the land united forces against the fiend and sealed its power into a key which was split in two, one half protected by gods and the other protected by demons. Now, Mistarcia is a peaceful realm until a human woman steals the god's half of the key. Based on the immensely popular digital card game, Rage of Bahamut: Genesis is an exciting blend of action and fantasy Contains all 12 episodes, with both the English dub and the original Japanese track with English subtitles. Extras: Episode Commentaries Textless Opening Textless Closing Trailers

• Dhoom 2 (2 Disc Edition) | DVD | (21/02/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.99

  You couldn't wipe the smile off of rookie cop Ali's (Uday Chopra) face. Teamed up with fellow officer Jai (Abhishek Bachchan) his dream of keeping the streets of India safe had finally become a reality. But when a hi-tech international thief going by the guise 'Mr. A' (Hrithik Roshan - Krrish) targets Mumbai for his next spectacular heist it's not long until Ali's smiles put to the test as the pair enter an explosive game of cat and mouse with one of the most extreme criminals to date. From the desert of Namibia to the backwaters of Goa the mean streets of Mumbai and the ancient forts of Rajasthan can the team take Mr. A down before he simply disappears?

• The Lickerish Quartet Dual Format | Blu Ray | (11/02/2013) from £16.18   |  Saving you £3.81 (23.55%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Beyond the physical edge... A mind-bending classic of erotic cinema, The Lickerish Quartet brings us a rich jaded couple and their grown-up son - bored after a night watching pornography - visiting a travelling stunt show, the star of which is bears a striking similarity to the woman in the sex film they just saw. Invited back to the castle for a drink, she soon becomes embroiled in a night of bizarre carnality, fantasy fulfilment and highly charged love games. Hailing from a time when erotic cinema was embraced by the mainstream, The Lickerish Quartet is a dream-like fantasy of liberated love and questing eroticism which blurs the boundaries between staid reality and the surreal realms of unbridled sexual fantasy. Directed by the groundbreaking sometime pornographer Radley Metzger, The Lickerish Quartet takes us back in time to an era when nudity was a novelty and sexual explicitness felt like a revolution... Special Features: High Definition Blu-ray and Standard Definition DVD Presentation. Brand new high definition restoration of the original feature – uncut and available for the first time in the UK. Optional English for the Hard of Hearing subtitles. Audio commentary with director Radley Metzger and film historian Michael Bowen. The Making of The Lickerish Quartet – A behind-the-scenes look featuring rare footage of Silvana Venturelli, Paolo Turco and Radley Metzger. Cool Version Love Scenes – originally produced scenes where the original version too hot! Giving Voice to the Quartet – a look at the different audio tracks between the original location and dubbed soundtracks. Original trailers. Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly illustrated artwork by The Red Dress. Collector’s booklet featuring writing on the film by Robin Bougie.

• Anti-Magic Academy: The 35th Test Platoon (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (07/03/2022) from £35.09   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Takeru Kusanagi is captain of the 35th Platoon, dedicated to hunting down witches and protecting people from spellcraft. Of course, that all SOUNDS good, but in truth the 35th is nothing but misfits. The sniper is easily flustered, the tech is problematic, and Takeru always insists on bringing a sword to a gun fight. It only gets worse when the director shunts ex-inquisitor Ouka Ohtori onto the team for being a little too trigger-happy around witches. But despite the chaos and lack of cohesion, Takeru cares about his team and mission. Can he soothe Ouka's rage at her past and pull the team together? Includes: Episodes 1-12 in Japanese with English subtitles. Product Features Collector's Slipcase Artcards x7

• Les Amants Du Pont Neuf | DVD | (24/08/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Martin Scorsese presents Academy Award(R)-winning star Juliette Binoche in a uniquely uplifting story of two misfits who risk everything for love! A homeless artist who is losing her sight Michele (Binoche) finds herself drawn into a passionate relationship with a troubled street performer named Alex. Then despite all obstacles they together find love and shelter on the famed Pont-Neuf bridge in Paris. But in time their unlikely love will be tested as Michele's secret past catches up with her! With memorable performances from an outstanding cast you'll be swept away by the stirring romance of this wonderfully inspired motion picture!