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• Barbara | DVD | (28/01/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Summer in the GDR, 1980. Barbara, a young doctor, is exiled to a provincial hospital, seemingly punished for attempting to leave East Germany. Confined to a claustrophobic small town and under a constant veil of suspicion, she befriends no one, waiting patiently for the opportunity to resume her mission. When her new boss appears to confide in Barbara, she is thrown. Hers is a life in which the fear of surveillance is embedded in all personal relationships, and she doesn't know who to trust. Why has he covered for her and one of her patients? Torn between her instinct and her duty, the characteristically hyper-controlled Barbara begins to lose her grip on herself, her obligations and her heart.

• NR BARELY 18 DVD #4 | DVD | (24/08/2009) from £10.78   |  Saving you £2.21 (17.00%)   |  RRP £12.99

• Black Book (Dual Format Limited Edition) 101 Black Label | Blu Ray | (20/08/2018) from £20.79   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Title number 004 in the 101 Films Black Label range. This Limited Edition version is limited to 3000 copies and includes a slipcase and a booklet. From internationally acclaimed director Paul Verhoeven (Soldier of Orange, Elle), Black Book (Zwartboek) is an epic and moving wartime tale, in which the distinctions between good and evil become blurred by human nature. Starring Carice van Houten (Valkyrie, Game of Thrones) and Sebastian Koch (The Lives of Others, Bridge of Spies), the film chronicles one woman's fight for survival and revenge as the Second World War enters its final, bloody months. September 1944. Rachel Stein (van Houten), a Dutch-Jewish woman in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands, joins fellow refugees in their attempt to reach Allied territory by boat after her safehouse is destroyed by a bomb. The voyage ends in disaster when the escape is discovered by a Nazi patrol, with Rachel the sole survivor as her fellow refugees, including her own family, are ruthlessly killed. Set on revenge, Rachel joins the Resistance, adopting the identity of Ellis de Vries to mask her heritage, and infiltrating the German Security Service by seducing senior officer Müntze (Koch). As the war enters its final stages and the fight for survival intensifies, Rachel becomes entangled in a deadly web of deceit and betrayal. Brand New Extras: The Book of Verhoeven: Paul Verhoeven on Black Book Diary of a Cinematographer: Karl Walter Lindenlaub on Black Book ¢ Limited Edition Booklet: Includes Return to the Homefront: Paul Verhoeven's Black Book by Shelagh Rowan-Legg, and Scoring Black Book: A Conversation with Anne Dudley by Charlie Brigden Additional Extras: Interview with Carice van Houten (2006) Interview with Paul Verhoeven (2006) Original theatrical trailer

• Planetes | Blu Ray | (01/11/2021) from £34.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The year is 2075 - a future in which widespread commercial space travel is not just a dream but a reality, and where the Moon has been transformed into a bustling colony. However, all of the advancements in science and technology which brought about this intergalactic dream have also caused an exponential growth in a major peril for spacefarers - space debris.

• Orphée (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (28/01/2019) from £18.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  This magical re-telling of the Orpheus myth turns the lyre-playing singer of Greek legend into a famous left-bank poet in post-war Paris. Fallen out of favour and lost for poetic inspiration, Orphée becomes obsessed with a mysterious black-clad princess who first claims the life of a rival poet, and then Eurydice, his wife. With its unforgettable imagery - the dissolving mirror through which characters pass into the next world, the leather-clad, death-dealing motorcyclists, and Cocteau's magical special effects, Orphée is a work of haunting beauty that follows the poetic logic of a dream . This new photochemical and 2K restoration of the film from the original nitrate negative was carried out by SNC (Groupe M6) with the support of the Archives françaises du film. Special Features: Audio commentary by Roland-François Lack Souvenirs de tournage de Jean Pierre Mocky (16 mins): actor Jean Mocky looks back on Orphée Jean Cocteau raconté par Pierre Bergé et Dominique Marny (36 mins) Jean Cocteau and His Tricks (2008, 14 mins): assistant director Claude Pinoteau discusses the special effects Jean Cocteau used in his films La villa Santo-Sospir (1951, 38 mins): a short film directed by Jean Cocteau about the villa Santo-Sospir, on Côte d'Azur, which he decorated, and his home in Villefranche-sur-mer The Queer Family Tree - Reflections on Jean Cocteau (2018, 15 mins): A newly recorded interview with director John Maybury (Love is the Devil, The Edge of Love) Theatrical trailer 2018 re-release trailer Reversible sleeve with new artwork by Edward Kinsella Fully illustrated booklet with an essay by Ginette Vincendeau, an interview with Jean Cocteau from 1950, and full film credits

• Trigun Stampede - The Complete Season | Blu Ray | (28/10/2024) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Rookie reporter Meryl Stryfe and her jaded partner are after the most wanted man in Noman's Land, Vash the Stampede. But they're left with more questions than answers. How can a pacifist rack up such a bounty, and why is he so hard to pin down?

• 1939 Battle of Westerplatte | DVD | (24/06/2013) from £9.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (30.03%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This harrowing war film is an epic dramatization of the first battle of World War II. The Battle of Westerplatte that began on 1 September 1939 will forever be remembered as the one that announced the beginning of the Second World War in Europe. Over one week fewer than 200 Polish soldiers fought against heavy German bombardment and in the process came to symbolize the power of resistance. As the violence rages a complex battle of a more personal nature plays out between two Polish commanders over how to best lead their men. Amid the bloodshed they must ask themselves - should they fight until the last man standing or surrender in the face of overwhelming odds? What unfolds is a stirring exploration of the fight against the forces of tyranny.

• Grimgar: Ashes and Illusions | Blu Ray | (03/10/2022) from £10.32   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  !When Haruhiro awakens, he's in the dark surrounded by people who have no memory of where they came from or how they got there. As the darkness fades, a fantastic new world called Grimgar appears before them and their adventure begins.

• Absurd 4K Ultra HD | Blu Ray | (15/07/2024) from £26.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Mikos (George Eastman, Hands of Steel), an unstoppable killing machine, is on the loose in a sleepy American town. The town's only hope is a mysterious priest (Edmund Purdom, Pieces) who has been hunting this madman around the globe. As the bodies pile up, desperate Police Sergeant, Engleman (Charles Borromel, Ladyhawke), teams up with the priest in hopes of stopping Mikos from slaughtering more and more of his town folk. A would-be sequel to Joe D'Amato's infamous Anthropophagus: The Beast, this notorious splatter classic finally returns to UK shelves after three decades of obscurity thanks to 88 Films. Co-starring Anne Belle (House on the Edge of the Park) and Michele Soavi (Stage Fright), and featuring over-the-top death scenes that linger long after viewing, Absurd is essential viewing for any self-respecting horror fan and is presented here, uncut and remastered in 4K from the original camera negative.

• Hunter X Hunter Set 4 (Episodes 89-118) | Blu Ray | (03/05/2021) from £24.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Man is no longer the dominant species. The Chimera Ants are evolving at blistering speed, making them more and more powerful! Infused with fantastic Nen abilities, the interspecies war escalates dragging in the strongest hunter of them all, legendary Chairman Netero! Gon, hopeful to find a way to restore Kite, and Killua have joined the fray and are facing ever increasing, arduous battles.

• Naruto Unleashed - Complete Series 2 Box Set | DVD | (06/01/2014) from £29.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (33.34%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Naruto is the story of Naruto Uzumaki a shinobi who wants to obtain the title of Hokage. However an incident occured 12 years ago when a demon fox attacked the village; many shinobi fell until the 4th sealed the demon within a baby. As a result the adults see Naruto as the demon. Now a Genin Naruto is part of a three-man team - the members are Naruto Sasuke Sakura and their instructor Kakashi. Together they will face many challenges make friends face deadly enemies and try to survive each other.

• Memories (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (24/04/2023) from £16.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Episode 1: Magnetic Rose Alone on a mysterious ship in deepest space, she waits. Once a beloved diva, she is now nothing more than memories. And for unsuspecting travelers that respond to her beacon, she will be their undoing. Episode 2: Stink Bomb A junior scientist gets the flu, and decides to try out some newly developed pills. But he takes the wrong ones, turning him into a walking, talking, and exceptionally clueless weapon of mass destruction. Episode 3: Cannon Fodder A day in the life of a small family in a big city. In this city, there is only war. There are no dreams, there is only labor. And there is no god, only a gigantic cannon.

• Desire / All My Good Countrymen | Blu Ray | (08/08/2022) from £36.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Second Run present two films by Vojtech Jasny, one of Czechoslovak cinema's most renowned and influential film artists. Jasný is the spiritual father of the Czech New Wave Milos Forman DESIRE Jasny's acclaimed and influential debut feature, Desire (Touha, 1958), poetically intertwines four stories of Czech rural life. A key film in the evolution of Czechoslovak cinema, Second Run present Desire for the first time anywhere on Blu-ray. 1959 Cannes Film Festival / Winner: Special prize, Prix de la meilleure sélection After long years of deliberate stifling of form, Desire resurrected in Czech cinema the film poetry once upon a time introduced to it by Rovenský, Fric, Vancura, and Vávra ALL MY GOOD COUNTRYMEN Jasný's autobiographical All My Good Countrymen (Vsichni dobrí rodáci, 1968) is one of the wonders of the Czech New Wave. Its deceptively simple narrative weaves a complex tapestry around the interwoven lives of a group of villagers immediately following the ˜socialization' of Czechoslovakia in 1948. The film remains a potent reminder of lives, friendships and idealism lost under totalitarian rule. Presented from a glorious new 4K restoration, All My Good Countrymen makes its world premiere on Blu-ray. 1969 Cannes Film Festival / Winner: Best Director; Winner: Jury Prize An historic film for both its extraordinary poetic and social qualities and its position as the masterpiece of Vojtech Jasny New York Times/p> Special Edition Contents: Two-Disc Blu-ray Special Edition. Desire presented from a new HD transfer by the Czech National Film Archive. All My Good Countrymen presented from an HD transfer of the new 4K restoration by the Czech National Film Archive. Vojtech Jasny introduces All My Good Countrymen (2015). It's Not Always Cloudy (Není stále zamraceno, 1949): Jasny's rediscovered feature-length semi-documentary graduation film, co-directed by Karel Kachyna. Bohemian Rhapsody (Ceská rapsodie, 1969): Jasny's acclaimed short film. Interview with Vojtech Jasny (1988): an archival interview with the celebrated filmmaker made for the Channel 4 television series The Other Europe. An interview with actress Drahomíra Hofmanová (2015). Peter Hames on Vojtech Jasny (2015). A Projection Booth audio commentary on All My Good Countrymen with Mike White, Spencer Parsons and Chris Stachiw. Booklet featuring an expansive essay on Jasny by author Peter Hames. New and improved English subtitle translations. Reversible sleeve. World premieres on Blu-ray. Region Free (A/B/C) Blu-rays.

• Ikiru (2-Disc Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (19/08/2024) from £15.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Opening with a shot of an x-ray, showing the main character's stomach, Ikiru tells the tale of a dedicated, downtrodden civil servant who, diagnosed with terminal cancer, learns to change his dull, unfulfilled existence, and suddenly discovers a zest for life. Plunging first into self-pity, then a bout of hedonistic pleasure-seeking on the frenetic streets of post-war Tokyo, Watanabe - the film's hero - finds himself driven to give some meaning to his life, finally finding satisfaction through building a children's playground. Beautifully played by Takashi Shimura (who starred in 21 of Kurosawa's films), Ikiru is an intensely lyrical and moving film, and was one of Kurosawa's own favourites. Opening with a shot of an x-ray, showing the main character's stomach, Ikiru tells the tale of a dedicated, downtrodden civil servant who, diagnosed with terminal cancer, learns to change his dull, unfulfilled existence, and suddenly discovers a zest for life. Plunging first into self-pity, then a bout of hedonistic pleasure-seeking on the frenetic streets of post-war Tokyo, Watanabe - the film's hero - finds himself driven to give some meaning to his life, finally finding satisfaction through building a children's playground. Beautifully played by Takashi Shimura (who starred in 21 of Kurosawa's films), Ikiru is an intensely lyrical and moving film, and was one of Kurosawa's own favourites

• One Kiss | DVD | (21/11/2016) from £15.29   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Sixteen-year old Antonio, a typically handsome basketball player, Blu a head strong and sexually confident woman, and new kid Lorenzo an openly gay fashionista and huge Lady Gaga fan form the sort of intimate bond only teenagers can- forming a protective shield for each other from their fellow classmates and home dramas. But with barely containable hormones constantly bubbling to the surface, complications inevitably arise between the best of friends, eventually creating a circumstance none could predict. ONE KISS is an always vibrant landmark in Italian cinema, an unmissable story of outsider friendship, the limits of imagination, and the consequence of honesty.

• American Translation | DVD | (14/05/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A sexually ambiguous Frenchman tours his native countryside with his naive American lover in pursuit of the ultimate thrill. From the moment they meet, brooding Chris (Pierre Perrier) and the beautiful Aurore (Lizzie Brocher) fall instantly and passionately in love but it's not long before their intense connection is consumed by Chris's dark obsession with gay men. Before long, the pair embarks on a violent and sexual journey filled with seduction and destruction of young gay hustlers. Hard-hitting, intensely sexy and wildly controversial, American Translation is a twisted Bonnie and Clyde for a new generation.

• High and Low (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (27/01/2025) from £14.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Based on an Ed McBain novel, High and Low is a gripping police thriller starring Toshiro Mifune. Wealthy industrialist Kingo Gondo (Mifune) faces an agonising choice when a ruthless kidnapper, aiming to snatch his young son, takes the chauffeur's boy by mistake but still demands the ransom, leaving Gondo facing ruin if he pays up.An anatomy of the inequalities in modern Japanese society, High and Low is a complex film noir, where the intense police hunt for the kidnapper is accompanied by penetrating insight into the kidnapper's state of mind. Kurosawa's virtuoso direction provides no easy answers, and in short, the police and the criminal as equally brutal, but nonetheless human.Extras¢ Presented in High Definition¢ Newly recorded audio commentary by Japanese film expert Jasper Sharp¢ Akira Kurosawa: It is Wonderful to Create High and Low (2002, 38 mins): the director discusses how High and Low came to exist, and how specific sequences were filmed. Also features interviews with actors Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyoko Kagawa, Takeshi Kato, and Tatsuya Mihashi, as well as cameraman Takao Saito and Masaharu Ueda and script supervisor Teruyo Nogami¢ **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet with new essay on the film by Alex Barrett, archive essay by Philip Kemp and an original review from Monthly Film Bulletin

• Quintessential Quintuplets - Season 2 | Blu Ray | (24/10/2022) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  !Uesugi Fuutarou, a high school second-year from a poor family, receives a highly appealing offer to work part-time as a tutor... but his students turn out to be girls from his own class! What's more, they're quintuplets... and all five are beautiful, but happen to be problem students who have borderline grades and hate studying! Looks like his first assignment will be to win all the sisters' trust?! Every day is a wild party in this rom-com centering around the quintuplet sisters of the Nakano household!

• My Hero Academia: Collection Box Seasons 1-3 | DVD | (30/11/2020) from £25.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From studio BONES, the creators of Fullmetal Alchemist and Soul Eater, comes My Hero Academia, a superhero origin story that soars to the top of the class. Izuku has dreamt of being a hero all his lifea lofty goal for anyone, but especially challenging for a kid with no superpowers. That's right, in a world where 80% of the population has some kind of superpowered quirk, Izuku was unlucky enough to be born completely normal. But that's not going to stop him from enrolling in one of the world's most prestigious hero academies. Now, the only thing standing between him and his first class is the academy's formidable entrance examnothing a little private tutoring from the world's mightiest hero can't solve.

• Evil Dead Trap - Standard Edition | Blu Ray | (24/06/2024) from £15.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When Nami, the host of a late-night TV show, receives a videotape containing brutal scenes of a woman being tortured and dismembered, she takes her camera crew out to the abandoned military base where she discerns the footage was shot in order to investigate whether what she has witnessed is a snuff film. One by one, her fellow investigators succumb to a grisly fate. Directed by Toshiharu Ikeda (Mermaid Legend) from a script by Takashi Ishii (the Angel Guts series, Freeze Me) and featuring eye-popping SFX work by Shinichi Wakasa (the Godzilla Millennium series), 88 Films is proud to present this landmark Japanese slasher for the very first time on Blu-ray in the UK.