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• So Close | Blu Ray | (26/02/2024) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Get ready for one of the most dynamic, action-packed films of the year! Directed by famed action choreographer Cory Yuen (The Transporter, Jet Li's The Enforcer), SO CLOSE is a thrill-a-minute shootout, with lightning-quick action sequences and great performances by Shu Qi (The Transporter), Zhao Wei (Shaolin Soccer) and Karen Mok (Black Mask). When a gang of assassins murders their parents, two sisters inherit the family business - a state-of-the-art computer surveillance system. Armed with the ability to see around corners and disappear into thin air, the sisters become the most accomplished killers-for-hire in Hong Kong. But when the sisters fulfill a contract and take out a wealthy computer magnate, a beautiful undercover detective is suddenly hot on their tail. Now - loyalties are tested, alliances are questioned and survival becomes the most extreme sport of all. With some of the best action scenes to appear on film this year, SO CLOSE is a high-octane hit!Product FeaturesHD (1080p) Blu-rayTM presentation in 1.85:1 Aspect RatioEnglish 5.1 DTS-HD Master AudioCantonese 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio with English SubtitlesMandarin 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio with English SubtitlesEnglish SDHInterview with Karen MokInterview with Shu QiInterview with Vicky Zhao WeiHong Kong Promotion FeaturetteJapanese Press ConferenceYasuaki Hurats's Action commentaryCantonese Trailer English Trailer

• The Story of Adele H. | Blu Ray | (18/11/2024) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The year is 1863. Adele Hugo (Isabelle Adjani, Possession) is the daughter of the legendary poet and novelist Victor Hugo. After falling in love with the British soldier Lt. Pinson (Bruce Robinson), Adele sails by herself to Nova Scotia, intending to persuade Pinson to marry her. Pinson callously rejects her advances; unperturbed, she continues to pursue him, and her obsession becomes wilder and more desperate, leading her to become increasingly outcast from society. The Story of Adele H is a handsomely mounted costume drama that is nevertheless one of Francois Truffaut's darkest and most psychologically complex works, with a legendary, Oscar-nominated central performance from the then 20-year-old Adjani. LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES High-Definition digital transfer Uncompressed mono PCM audio Interview with Francois Truffaut (1975) Interview with Isabelle Adjani (1980) Footage of the premiere in Lyon with Truffaut and Isabelle Adjani (1975) Interview with cinematographer Nestor Almendros (1986) Interview with critic Phuong Le (2024) Trailer Optional English subtitles Reversible sleeve featuring designs based on original posters Limited edition booklet featuring archival writing All extras subject to change

• Ida | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £7.20   |  Saving you £8.79 (122.08%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Pawel Pawlikowski's critically acclaimed Ida is a moving and intimate drama about a young novitiate nun in 1960s Poland who discovers a dark family secret dating back to the years of the Nazi occupation. 18-year-old Anna (stunning newcomer Agata Trzebuchowska), a sheltered orphan raised in a convent, is preparing to become a nun when the Mother Superior insists she first visit her sole living relative. Naiive, innocent Anna soon finds herself in the presence of her aunt Wanda (Agata Kulesza), a worldly and cynical Communist Party insider who shocks her with the declaration that her real name is Ida and her Jewish parents were murdered during the Nazi occupation. This revelation triggers a heart-wrenching journey into the countryside, to the family house and into the secrets of the repressed past, evoking the haunting legacy of the Holocaust and the realities of postwar Communism. With this beautifully directed Oscar winning drama, Pawlikowski returns to his native Poland for the first time in his career to confront some of the more contentious issues in the history of his birthplace. Powerfully written and eloquently shot, Ida a masterly evocation of a time, a dilemma, and a defining historical moment.

• Claire of The Moon | DVD | (11/07/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Cult lesbian filmmaker Nicole Conn brings you a definitive chapter in contemporary Lesbian cinema, a film that enraptured audiences the world over and cemented her status as the go-to director for films about women in love. In the 1990s Pacific Northwest, satirist author Claire Jabrowski finds herself sharing a cabin with Dr.Noel Benedict, a sensual academic at an annual retreat for female writers. Claire and Noel's contrasting personalities cause inevitable friction, but, despite their differences, the two cannot deny their obvious lusting attraction towards each other and begin a passionate affair. The internationally celebrated Claire Of The Moon caused controversy upon its initial release. Take a risk and find out why.

• One Piece (Uncut) Collection 19 (Episodes 446-468) | DVD | (22/10/2018) from £17.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The heat of battle intensifies when Blackbeard bursts upon the scene. Meanwhile, the survival of the rescue party depends on slipping through the Gate of Justice! Next stop is the Navy's headquarters, Marineford, where the three admirals and the Seven Warlords vow to carry out Ace's sentence. As the legendary Whitebeard declares war, a shocking family secret whips the crowd into a frenzy.

• Wheel of Time | DVD | (27/08/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Wheel of Time is a documentary about a Buddhist ritual promoting peace and tolerance held by His Holiness the Dali Lama. This film includes exclusive interviews with the Dalai Lama access to secret rituals for the first time on film as well as footage of a pilgrimage to the Holy Mount Kailash in Tibet.

• Revolutionary Girl Utena Part 2 - Collector's Edition | Blu Ray | (17/08/2020) from £41.29   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The Legendary Shojo Anime Series Comes to Blu-ray! Utena and Anthy have become close during their time as roommates. So, when Anthy casually mentions she has a brother, Utena can't help but feel shocked. She thought she knew Anthy, but the longer she and Anthy are friends, the more she discovers she doesnt know. What other secrets could Anthy be keeping? However, Utena won't have time to dwell upon such matters. A new group of duelists has emerged from the shadows. These new challengers wear black rose signets and seek revolution, but their methods are different than those of Ohtori's Student Council. They do not wish to possess Rose Bride; they want to kill her. Contains Episodes 13 24, the complete Black Rose Saga, on Blu-Ray with both the English dub and the original Japanese track with English subtitles. Presented in collectors packaging with poster and art cards.

• Revolutionary Girl Utena Part 3 - Collector's Edition | Blu Ray | (14/09/2020) from £41.14   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The Legendary Shojo Anime Series Comes to Blu-ray! As the final duel rapidly approaches, the Student Councils will to continue is beginning to waver. After all, End of the Worlds identity and motives remain a mystery. And Utena, fueled by her desire to protect Anthy, continues to prevail over the feeble ambitions that drive the Student Council to fight. But the Councils ambitions are reignited when they hear a sound. At first, its faint, but soon it becomes clear: The promised revolution is within reach and the duels must go on. And what of Utenas own ambition? To become a prince, the duels may be only one of the trials she has yet to face. Contains Episodes 25 39, the complete Apocalypse Saga and Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie on Blu-Ray with both the English dub and the original Japanese track with English subtitles. Presented in collectors packaging with poster and art cards.

• The Invisible Man / The Invisible Man vs The Human Fly | Blu Ray | (15/03/2021) from £16.55   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Finally released outside Japan for the very first time, these unique riffs on H.G. Wells' classic character (though undoubtedly also indebted to Universal's iconic film series) are two of the earliest examples of tokusatsu (special effects) cinema from Daiei Studios, later the home of Gamera. In The Invisible Man Appears, written and directed by Nobuo Adachi in 1949, a scientist successfully creates an invisibility serum, only to be kidnapped by a gang of thugs who wish to use the formula to rob a priceless jewel. In addition to being the earliest surviving Japanese science fiction film ever made, the film's entertaining special effects were an early credit for the legendary Eiji Tsuburaya, five years before he first brought Godzilla to life. Eight years later, Mitsuo Murayama's exciting The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly tells the story of a series of mysterious murders where the only clue is strange buzzing noise at the scene of the crime could this be linked to secret wartime experiments in shrinking humans to the size of insects? And can a scientist who's just invented an invisibility ray be the one to stop it? SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS: High Definition (1080p) transfers of both films on one Blu-ray disc Original lossless Japanese mono audio on both films Optional English subtitles for both films Transparent Terrors, a newly filmed interview with critic and genre scholar Kim Newman on the history of the Invisible Man in cinema Theatrical trailer for The Invisible Man Appears Image galleries for both films Reversible sleeve featuring new and original artwork by Graham Humphreys FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collectors' booklet featuring new writing by Keith Allison, Hayley Scanlon and Tom Vincent

• Gundam Wing Endless Waltz (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (26/04/2021) from £38.05   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  After Colony 196. Tranquillity has spread through the Earth Sphere and the colonies are at peace. The Gundam pilots find themselves attempting to rebuild their lives in this new era. No longer having need of their weapons of war, they have sent their Gundams into the sun to be destroyed. But suddenly, Relena Darlian, who has become a high-ranking government official, is kidnapped by a colony with aspirations of total domination. The Gundam pilots and their allies find themselves called into action once again. The Endless Waltz has resumed... Includes: Endless WaltzOVA Endless Waltz Movie Operation Meteor

• What We Wrote Together | DVD | (11/11/2024) from £8.43   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Erotic Ghost Story | DVD | (03/03/2025) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• To Sleep So As To Dream | Blu Ray | (21/03/2022) from £16.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Two private detectives hunt for an actress trapped within the reel of a silent ninja film in the dreamlike debut of Kaizo Hayashi (Circus Boys, Zipang), a magical double-handed cinephilic homage to the movie worlds of the 1910s and 1950s. When private eye Uotsuka (Shiro Sano, Violent Cop, Shin Godzilla) and his sidekick Kobayashi are approached by an aged former actress, Madame Cherryblossom, to go in search of her kidnapped daughter Bellflower, their investigations lead them to the studios of the mysterious M. Pathe company. Here Uotsuka has a strange vision in which he comes face to face with the beautiful star of a 1915 chanbara film that appears to have no ending. From then on, things begin to get a little strange Among the most impressive and critically regarded Japanese films of the 1980s, To Sleep so as To Dream finally makes its home-video debut outside of Japan in a brand new restoration supervised by the director himself. Drifting between illusion and allusion, it is chockfull of references to Japan's rich cinematic heritage and features cameos from a host of veteran talent and baroque sets created by Takeo Kimura, the Nikkatsu art designer fondly remembered for his flamboyant work with Seijun Suzuki in the 1960s. Special Edition Contents High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation Original uncompressed mono audio Optional English subtitles Brand new audio commentary by Japanese film experts Tom Mes and Jasper Sharp Audio commentary with director Kaizo Hayashi and lead actor Shiro Sano recorded in 2000 How Many Eggs? Actor Shiro Sano Talks, a brand new interview with the film's lead actor Talking Silents: Benshi Midori Sawato Talks, a brand new interview on early Japanese film culture and the art of the benshi silent film commentator Midori Sawato Performs ˜The Eternal Mystery', an exclusive benshi performance to the film within the film The Restoration of To Sleep So as to Dream featurette Fragments from Japan's Lost Silent Heyday, a selection of scenes from silent jidai-geki films from the Kyoto Toy Museum archives Original Theatrical trailer and English-language restored re-release trailers Image gallery Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by David Downton First Pressing Only: Illustrated Collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Aaron Gerow

• Persona3 Movie 3 - Standard BD | Blu Ray | (14/05/2018) from £14.59   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  I kind of understand it now. You're afraid of losing something, aren't you? The season is now autumn. The days of battling the Shadows for Makoto Yuki and the members of the Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad were nearing their end. Determined to bring an end to the Dark Hour, Makoto and his team engage in countless life-or-death battles. As they continue to fight, some members face the death of their beloved friends and family, while some come to realize what they must fight for and others struggle to make sense out of all the bloodshed. Then one day, Makoto encounters the mysterious transfer student, Ryoji Mochizuki. The wheels of fate begin turning as they reach the dawn of a new day And so begins a new battle to find their connections to one another. Contains the film on Blu-Ray in Japanese with English subtitles.

• Sex And Zen - Deluxe Collectors Edition | Blu Ray | (24/02/2025) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Banned for 400 years! screamed the original poster and you can see why as this erotic comedy is brilliantly bizarre, pretty sleazy and downright weird. Also known as The Carnal Prayer Mat's Stash of Illicit Love and slightly based on the seventeenth century novel The Carnel Prayer Mat, we follow a desperate man who is convinced by his mentor that he needs to be well equipped to pleasure his wife, so he has a horses appendage transplanted onto him! From here on in it gets really strange! A box-office hit in Hong Kong, this Category III movie is an erotic experience like no other and presented here UNCUT and remastered for the very first time.

• LEGEND OF THE MOUNTAIN | Blu Ray | (19/03/2018) from £13.51   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Although most commonly associated with the Wuxia genre, in 1979 King Hu directed the epic fantasy-horror, Legend of the Mountain. Heavily influenced by traditional Chinese aesthetics and Zen Buddhist philosophy, it has come to be regarded as one of his greatest filmmaking achievements. A young scholar, Ho Yunqing (Shih Jun, A Touch of Zen, Dragon Inn), is tasked by an eminent monk to transcribe a Buddhist sutra said to have immense power over the spirits of the afterlife. To execute his work in peace, he travels to an isolated monastery deep in the mountains, where he encounters a number of strange people, including the mysterious and beautiful Melody (Hsu Feng, A Touch of Zen, Dragon Inn). As malicious spirits attempt to steal the sutra, Ho becomes entangled in a conflict between duelling forces of good and evil. Will he leave the mountain alive? Adapted from a Song Dynasty folk tale, Legend of the Mountain exemplifies King Hu's masterful command of spectacular visuals and philosophical insights into life and existence. Heavily edited upon release, the film has now been fully restored to its original length in stunning 4K, and The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present the film for the first time ever on home video in the UK, in a special Dual Format edition. BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES: Limited Edition O-Card (2000 units) first print run only 1080p presentation of the film on Blu-ray, with a progressive encode on the DVD Uncompressed LPCM mono audio Newly translated English subtitles A new video essay by critic and filmmaker David Cairns A new interview with Asian cinema expert Tony Rayns Trailer A collector's booklet featuring an abundance of archival writing and imagery

• FAUST (Masters of Cinema) (DVD & BLU-RAY DUAL FORMAT) | Blu Ray | (18/08/2014) from £13.35   |  Saving you £6.64 (49.74%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Shot in the UFA studios with a big movie star in the lead and all the special effects and production design resources any blockbuster of its time could wish for, FW Murnau's 1926 Faust represents a step up from his better-known Nosferatu. Oddly, Faust is a less familiar film than the vampire quickie and this release affords fans a chance to see what Murnau can do with an equally major fantasy story. Adapted neither from Marlowe's play Dr Faustus nor Goethe's verse drama, the script scrambles various elements of the legend and presents a Faust (Gosta Ekman) driven to summon the Devil by despair as a plague rages through the town, desperate to gain enough learning to help his neighbours. When this deal doesn't quite work out, because he is stoned by townsfolk who notice his sudden fear of the cross, Mephisto (Emil Jannings) offers Faust instead renewed youth and an opportunity to seduce a famously beautiful Italian noblewoman and then to return to his home village and get involved with the pure Gretchen (Camilla Horn). Like most versions of the story, it's episodic and some sections are stronger than others: the great stuff comes in the plague and initial deal sequences, though it picks up again for the tragic climax as Gretchen becomes the central figure and suffers horribly, freezing in the snows and burning at the stake. Jannings' devil, a gruesomely humorous slice of ham, is one of the great silent monster performances, reducing everyone else to a stick figure, and Murnau faces the challenge of topping his Nosferatu imagery by deploying a battalion of effects techniques to depict the many magical journeys, sudden appearances and transformations. On the DVD: Often seen in ragged, incomplete prints projected at the wrong speed, this is a decently restored version, running a full 115 minutes with a complete orchestral score. The original materials show some of the damage to be expected in a film of its vintage, but the transfer is excellent, displaying the imaginative art direction and camerawork to superb advantage. Aside from a nicely eerie menu, the sole extra is a full-length commentary originating in Australia: written by historian Peter Spooner but read by narrator Russell Cawthorne (who mispronounces the odd name). This provides an interesting wealth of background detail, such as Murnau's attempt to cast Hollywood's Lillian Gish as Gretchen, and delivers a balanced assessment of the film itself. --Kim Newman

• Dragon Ball Super Part 6 (Episodes 66-78) Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (18/02/2019) from £17.05   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The Transcendent Battle Between Hatred and Hope. It's time to decide the fate of the future! Goku, Vegeta, and Future Trunks take on the mighty Fusion Zamasu in a final epic confrontation of good vs. evil. When the dust settles and they return to the present, the Z fighters face even greater challenges. A baseball game grudge-match between gods and a mysterious attempt of Goku's life are just a couple of events keeping our heroes in top form. But as quickly as one calamity ends, another is just around the corner. The Tournament of Power is finally underway!

• Junk Head (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (18/12/2023) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• RahXephon Complete Collection | DVD | (26/08/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  It is a new reality. For 15 years the remnants of the human race have fought against the alien Mu and their unstoppable giant Dolem; a battle mankind seems destined to lose. But deep within the captured city of Tokyo where time flows on a different path and mind-wiped citizens do not even know that they have been conquered there is something that the Mu fears more than all of mankind's weapons. To find that secret one young woman must penetrate the domed walls of Tokyo Jupiter and find a single young man a young man upon whom the fate of all humanity depends... for in his heart lies the power of RahXephon and with it all the worlds can be remade. The classic anime series and its motion picture counterpart are presented here together in an 8 Disc Complete Collection.