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• Cowboy Bebop - Complete BD Collection | Blu Ray | (06/10/2014) from £29.84   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The crew of the Bebop is once again ready to clean up space by bringing bad guys to justice and trying to make some cash while doing it! Back at last in high-definition this second print run contains a reversible cover as well as containing bonus content never available outside of Japan before including the “Ein’s Summer Holiday” short. Bonus Features Audio commentaries on episodes 1 5 10 17 and 24 Japanese commercials for Cowboy Bebop Music video for Tank! the theme tune Tank! Remix by DJ Food video Ein’s Summer Holiday short Clean end credit sequence

• The Rainer Werner Fassbinder Vol 1 | Blu Ray | (09/01/2023) from £26.79   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Rainer Werner Fassbinder, the enfant terrible of the New German Cinema, wrote, directed, produced and starred in over 40 films in his short but prolific life, before passing away of a drug overdose in 1982 aged just 37. Rainer Werner Fassbinder vol. 1 brings together a collection of his finest works from the early years of his career in High Definition digital restorations prepared by the Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation. His debut feature Love Is Colder Than Death (1969) is a playful but cynical crime picture, inspired by the nouvelle vague. Katzelmacher (1969) depicts the dynamics of a group of young layabout friends, which are radically altered by the arrival of an immigrant worker in their community. Beware of a Holy Whore (1971) pulls the curtain on the backstage dramas of the cast and crew of a film shoot as they wait in a Spanish seaside hotel for the arrival of funds to continue their production. The Merchant of Four Seasons (1971) portrays the downfall of a beleaguered fruit seller in 1950s Munich as he struggles to keep his family, body and soul together. Originally written and produced as a stage play, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972) focuses on the loves, losses and lamentations of the titular Petra, a successful fashion designer with two marriages behind her and an estranged daughter. The Ulli Lommel directed Tenderness of the Wolves (1973) sees Fassbinder adopting the role of producer in a bleak tale based on the German serial killer Fritz Haarmann, memorably played by Fassbinder regular Kurt Raab, who also wrote the screenplay. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS High definition digital transfers of all films prepared by the Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentations of all films Original uncompressed PCM mono 1.0 sound for all films Optional English subtitles for all films Reversible sleeves for all films featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sister Hyde DISC ONE - LOVE IS COLDER THAN DEATH & KATZELMACHER Two early short films by Rainer Werner Fassbinder from 1966, The Little Chaos and The City Tramp Interview with actor Ulli Lommel on Love is Colder Than Death End of the Commune?, Joachim von Mengershausen's 1970 documentary portrait of Fassbinder and his troupe including rare footage of his actors rehearsing and Love Is Colder Than Death's premiere at the 1969 Berlin Film Festival Original theatrical trailer for Katzelmacher DISC TWO - THE MERCHANT OF FOUR SEASONS & BEWARE OF A HOLY WHORE Audio commentary on The Merchant of Four Seasons by critics Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Christian McCrea Audio commentary on Beware of a Holy Whore by Adrian Martin Interview with actor Lou Castel on Beware of a Holy Whore Beware of a Holy Whore theatrical trailer DISC THREE - THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT Commentary by filmmaker and lecturer Diane Charleson Life Stories: A Conversation with R.W. Fassbinder, a 50-minute interview with the director conducted for German television in 1978 Role-Play: Women on Fassbinder, a 1992 documentary containing interviews with four of the director's regular female performers, Margit Carstensen, Irm Hermann, Hanna Schygulla and Rosel Zech DISC FOUR - TENDERNESS OF THE WOLVES Audio commentary by director Ulli Lommel, moderated by Uwe Huber Introduction by Ulli Lommel The Tender Wolf, an interview with Lommel Photographing Fritz, an interview with director of photography Jürgen Jürges Haarmann's Victim Talks, an interview with actor Rainer Will An appreciation by Stephen Thrower, author of Nightmare USA and Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema of Jesús Franco Still gallery Theatrical trailer

• Arne Dahl Complete Series 1 DVD | DVD | (10/06/2013) from £13.12   |  Saving you £21.87 (166.69%)   |  RRP £34.99

  The Blinded Man - Part 1&2: Three Swedish financiers are murdered over as many nights. The killer surprises the victims in their homes and shoots each of them with two bullets to the head. All evidence suggests the killings will continue so the police quickly set up a special unit under the leadership of a senior Detective, Jenny Hultin. Hultin hand-picks six police officers from across the country, forming the so-called A-group and under enormous pressure they attempt to sol...

• High and Low (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (27/01/2025) from £16.99   |  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

• The Barnabas Kos Case | Blu Ray | (17/03/2025) from £17.81   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Barnabas Kos, an untalented triangle-player in a state orchestra finds himself unfathomably promoted to conductor. Drunk with power, the once meek Kos now seeks to transform the ensemble to suit his own agenda and inflated vision...Peter Solan's absurdist, darkly funny satire of a corrupt system that rewards mediocrity and breeds petty dictatorship, openly criticised the practices of communist Czechoslovakia at the time. Its wry exposure of hypocrisy, sycophancy and the corrupting influence of power remains as fresh and relevant today as it did in 1964.

• Ghost In The Shell 4K - Standard Edition | Blu Ray | (27/09/2021) from £14.21   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Exclusive Art by Matt Ferguson Celebrate one of the most critically acclaimed anime films of all time in 4K Ultra HD! 2029: A female cybernetic government agent, Major Motoko Kusanagi, and the Internal Bureau of Investigations are hot on the trail of The Puppet Master, a mysterious and threatening computer virus capable of infiltrating human hosts. Together with her fellow agents from Section 9, Kusanagi embarks on a high-tech race against time to capture the omnipresent entity. Director Mamoru Oshii's award-winning cyber-tech thriller, based on the comic book by Shirow Masamune, is lauded as one of the leading Japanese animation films ever!. Brand new special features include: Full-length audio commentary of GHOST IN THE SHELL. Participants include: Mary Claypool (Animation Writer and English Language Scriptwriter of GHOST IN THE SHELL), Eric Calderon (Animation Producer and Writer), Richard Epcar (Voice of Batou in the GHOST IN THE SHELL franchise), Charles Solomon (Animation Historian and Critic) Accessing Section 9: 25 Years into the Future Featurette Landscapes & Dreamscapes The Art and Architecture of GHOST IN THE SHELL Featurette Included: 4K UHD disc containing the movie Blu-ray Bonus discs containing: Art by Matt Ferguson Special Features Audio Commentary - Full-length audio commentary of GHOST IN THE SHELL. Participants include: Mary Claypool (Animation Writer and English Language Scriptwriter of GHOST IN THE SHELL), Eric Calderon (Animation Producer and Writer), Richard Epcar (Voice of Batou in the GHOST IN THE SHELL franchise), Charles Solomon (Animation Historian and Critic) Accessing Section 9: 25 Years into the Future - Featurette (18:41) Landscapes & Dreamscapes The Art and Architecture of GHOST IN THE SHELL Featurette (10:49) Production Report Trailers Digital Works

• The Inspector Wears Skirts 3 | Blu Ray | (22/04/2024) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Inspector Kan (Stanley Fung), now married to Madame Wu (Sibelle Hu), has been instructed to train the Banshee Squad Members after Madame Wu goes into semi-retirement. For their next mission, the Squad is assigned to go undercover into a Casino Ship to nab a group of thieves responsible for stolen law enforcement and military weapons.

• Ghost In The Shell Movie Double Pack (Ghost In The Shell, Ghost In The Shell: Innocence) Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (20/03/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Mamoru Oshii's landmark Ghost in the Shell (1995) largely defined the cyberpunk genre and influenced the Matrix films in the U.S. The long-awaited sequel continues the adventures of Batou, Major Kusanagi's former assistant, who was left behind when she disappeared into the cyber-realm of the Net. With his new human partner, Togusa, Batou investigates a series of bloody murders involving gynoids, robots with sexual functions. The case leads them to the headquarters of the Locus Solus company, where Batou uncovers the evil secret behind the creation of the gynoids. Innocence includes some staggeringly beautiful CG images, especially a parade depicting characters from Chinese mythology. Oshii contrasts this glittering beauty with a Blade Runner-esque dystopia. But even his skill as a director can't disguise the fact that the underdeveloped story and flat characters are far less interesting than the opulent visuals. --Charles Solomon

• Throne of Blood (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (19/05/2025) from £18.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  New restoration of Akira Kurosawa's astonishing film that's considered to be one of the great adaptations of Shakespeare's Macbeth. A truly remarkable film, Throne of Blood manages to combine beauty and terror to produce a mood of truly haunting power. Starring the irrepressible Toshiro Mifune as the doomed warlord Washizu and a wonderfully creepy turn by Isuzu Yamada as the Lady Macbeth-inspired Asaji, the film shows Kurosawa's familiar mastery of atmosphere and action combined with the savagery of war.ExtrasNewly restored in 4K and presented in High DefinitionAudio commentary by Japanese film expert Michael JeckOther extras tbc

• Flavour of Green Tea Over Rice (DVD + Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (18/05/2020) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Made the year before his career defining masterpiece, Tokyo Story, Flavour of Green Tea Over Rice is one of Yasujiro Ozu's most beautiful domestic sagas, a subtly piercing portrait of a marriage coming quietly undone. Secrets and deceptions strain the already tenuous relationship of a childless, middle aged couple, as the wife's city bred sophistication clashes with the husband's small town simplicity, and a generational sea change in the form of their headstrong, modern niece sweeps over their household. Ozu's expert grasp of family dynamics receives one of its most spirited treatments, with a wry, tender humour and an expansiveness that moves the action from the home, to the baseball stadiums and the shops of postwar Tokyo. Presented in High Definition and Standard Definition ***FIRST PRESSING ONLY*** Fully illustrated booklet with new writing on the film and full film credits Extras TBC

• Dragon Ball GT Season 1 & 2 Collection | DVD | (03/12/2018) from £24.89   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Contains episodes 1-64 and movie! After enduring trials that would have crushed any other soul, Goku is now faced with the most important journey of his life. The Dragon Balls have been scattered to the ends of creation! The universe is dense with danger and the Saiyan hero must plunge head first into the peril. If the seven magic relics of Shenron are not gathered within a year's time, Earth will meet with final catastrophe!

• Dragon Ball Z: Season 1 | Blu Ray | (23/11/2020) from £19.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The Saiyans are coming! The last survivors of a cruel, warrior race, these ruthless villains have carved a path of destruction across the galaxy, an now they have set their sights on Earth! They will stop at nothing until they have the wish-granting powers of the seven magic Dragon Balls for their very own With the fate of his family, friends, and the entire human race hanging in the balance, Goku, the Earths greatest hero, must rise to meet the approaching threat. As he prepares for the fight of his life, Goku embarks on n epic journey that will take him to other worlds, pit him against new and old enemies alike, and force him to confront the dark secrets of his own past. At the end of this path, the most powerful opponent he has ever faced awaits: the evil Saiyan Prince Vegeta! Box Contents includes: Season 1 of Dragon Ball Z on Blu-ray, 1x Poster, 4x Art Cards packaged in an exclusive collectors slip case.

• If.... (including screenplay - exclusive to Amazon.co.uk) | DVD | (23/07/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Directed by Lindsay Anderson and shot at his own school in Cheltenham If.... is the story of rebellion against autocracy but represents something far darker. Malcolm MacDowell stars as Mick Travis returning to his public boys' school for a new term. Terminally persecuted by the Whips Travis and his non-conformist gang encounter all of the stereotypical traditions of boarding school life. Choosing to ask when we live rather than fitting in to life thrust upon them Travis

• Dragon Ball Z: Season 6 - Limited Edition Steelbook | Blu Ray | (26/04/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  !The titanic battle with Perfect Cell! Having at last achieved his Perfect Form, the evil Cell's powers have soared to terrible new heights, overshadowing even the greatest of the Z-Fighters. Eager to demonstrate these newfound abilities and prove his superiority, Cell proposes a tournament. He issues an ultimatum to the people of Earth: produce a worthy opponent or die! The day of reckoning upon them, Goku and the Z-Fighters line up to participate in Cell's twisted game, the world's best hope of defeating the monster. But they are not the only ones brave enough to accept the challenge - the reigning World Martial Arts Champion, Mr. Satan, has also stepped into the ring! Now, with the fate of the human race hanging in the balance, one of these valiant fighters must come forward to defeat the seemingly invincible Perfect Cell - but who will it be?

• Grave Of The Fireflies | DVD | (23/07/2007) from £12.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (45.50%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In the aftermath of World War II bombing two orphaned children struggle to survive in the Japanese countryside. To Seita and his four-year old sister the helplessness and indifference of their countrymen is even more painful than the enemy raids. Through desperation hunger and grief these children's lives are as heartbreakingly fragile as their spirit and love is inspiring. 'Grave Of The Fireflies' is a tale of the true tragedy of war and innocence lost not only of the abandoned young but of an entire nation. Isao Takahata's rightly revered and thought-provoking anime was winner of a special award at the 1989 Blue Ribbon awards and the Adult's Jury award at the 1994 Chicago International Children's Film Festival.

• Aguirre, The Wrath of God (4K UHD) | Unknown | (25/08/2025) from £22.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Shot entirely on location in the wild Amazonian jungle near Machu Picchu, Aguirre, the Wrath of God stars the legendarily volatile Klaus Kinski (Nosferatu the Vampyre) as Don Lope de Aguirre, a power-crazed sixteenth-century explorer who leads a troupe of conquistadors on a doomed expedition in search of El Dorado, the fabled 'City of Gold'. A visceral, ambitious exploration of megalomania and savage beauty, Aguirre remains one of Herzog's most brilliant achievements and one of German cinema's totemic masterpieces. Available now on UHD, newly restored in 4K. Extras 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) Feature-length audio commentary with Werner Herzog for both Aguirre, the Wrath of God and Fata Morgana The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz (1967, 16 mins): symbolic drama about four young men hiding from an imagined enemy Last Words (1968, 13 mins): short film about the last man to leave a former leper colony Precautions Against Fanatics (1969, 11 mins): short satire about horse-racing enthusiasts Fata Morgana (1971, 77 mins): hallucinatory film exploring mirages and the Mayan creation myth Original theatrical trailer Stills gallery Original mono audio (German and English) Alternative 5.1 Surround audio (German) Other extras tbc

• Hellsing Ultimate - Volume 1-10 Complete Collection | Blu Ray | (15/07/2019) from £22.05   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The rogue vampire Alucard is the Hellsing Organization's deadliest instrument in its mission to protect the British Empire from satanic ghouls and Nazi freaks. He is not alone in his assault on the occult; the master has a servant. Policewoman Seras Victoria accepted Alucard's gift of dark salvation after falling in the line of duty, and now the remnants of her human soul struggle against her growing vampire urges. Together, they haunt the shadows as a sinister force of good - and tonight the foggy streets of England shall flow with the blood of their evil prey.

• Wicked City and Demon City Shinjuku - Double Feature | Blu Ray | (08/10/2020) from £16.09   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  FROM THE DIRECTOR OF NINJA SCROLL AND MADHOUSE STUDIO (DEATH NOTE, ONE PUNCH MAN) The anime cult classic, Wicked City and its notorious sequel, Demon City Shinjuku contained in one epic double feature, remastered in HD for the very first time! It's not unusual for lady-killer Renzaburo Taki to share a night with a woman. When that woman can turn into a demonic spider, however, it's just a little worrying. The demons are on the move, and as a member of the Black Guard, Taki's job, his real job is to protect the human world from the demon world. And his work is just beginning! A fragile peace exists between the two worlds, brokered by a treaty. In order for the renewal of that treaty to go smoothly, Taki has to protect Giuseppi Mayart, a two hundred year old man with immense spiritual power, from an extremist faction of demons seeking to bring chaos to the two worlds. Worst of all, Taki's assigned a partner for the mission: the unnaturally beautiful Makie, a fellow Black Guard member... and herself a demon! The two will have to go all out to protect the old man, as not only are the demons going to extreme lengths to kill him, but Mayart seems oddly unconcerned for his own safety. Is there more going on than Taki and Makie realise? Director Yoshiaki Kawajiri (Ninja Scroll) blends stylish eroticism, graphic horror and pulse-pounding action as these two race to consummate the peace treaty in time. Box Contains - 14 mm 2-in-1 Blu-ray Case - Double-sided inlay - Disc 1 (Wicked City) Runtime 79 mins approx - Disc 2 (Demon City Shinjuku) Runtime 76 mins approx

• A Confucian Confusion / Mahjong (Criterion Collection) - UK Only | Unknown | (25/08/2025) from £22.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In this pair of sharp, sprawling satires, one of Taiwan's most celebrated filmmakers, Edward Yang, captures the anything-can-happen mood of Taipei at the end of the twentieth century. Made in between his epic dramas A Brighter Summer Day and Yi Yi, A Confucian Confusion and Mahjong find Yang applying a lighter but no less masterly touch to his explorations of human relationships in an increasingly globalized, hypercapitalistic world. These intricately constructed ensemble comediesone set in a cutthroat corporate milieu, the other in a shady criminal underworldreveal the absurdity and cynicism at the heart of modern urban life.In this pair of sharp, sprawling satires, one of Taiwan's most celebrated filmmakers, Edward Yang, captures the anything-can-happen mood of Taipei at the end of the twentieth century. Made in between his epic dramas A Brighter Summer Day and Yi Yi, A Confucian Confusion and Mahjong find Yang applying a lighter but no less masterly touch to his explorations of human relationships in an increasingly globalized, hypercapitalistic world. These intricately constructed ensemble comediesone set in a cutthroat corporate milieu, the other in a shady criminal underworldreveal the absurdity and cynicism at the heart of modern urban life. Taiwan 1994 (A Confucian Confusion) 1996 (Mahjong) Colour 1.85:1 Mandarin, Taiwanese Spine #1275 A Confucian Confusion Edward Yang's first foray into comedy may have been a surprising stylistic departure, but in its richly novelistic vision of urban discontent, it is quintessential Yang. This relationship roundelay centres on a coterie of young Taipei professionals whose paths converge at an entertainment company where the boundaries between art and commerce, love and business, have become hopelessly blurred. Evoking the chaos of a city infiltrated by Western chains, logos, and attitudes, A Confucian Confusion is an incisive reflection on the role of traditional values in a materialistic, amoral society. Mahjong Edward Yang's follow-up to A Confucian Confusion is another dizzying comedy set in a globalized Taipei, but with a darker, more caustic edge. Amid a rapidly changing cityscape, the lives of a disparate group of swindlers, hustlers, gangsters, and expats collide, with a naive French teenager (Virginie Ledoyen) and a sensitive young local (Lawrence Ko) who tries to protect her caught dangerously in the middle. By turns brutal, shocking, tender, and bitingly funny, Mahjong is a dazzling vision of a multicultural Taipei where nearly every relationship has a price and newfound prosperity comes at the expense of the human soul. TWO-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New 4K digital restorations, with 5.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtracks Excerpts of director Edward Yang speaking after a 1994 screening of A Confucian Confusion New interview with editor Chen Po-wen New conversation between Chinese-cultural-studies scholar Michael Berry and film critic Justin Chang Performance of Yang's 1992 play Likely Consequence PLUS: An essay by film programmer and critic Dennis Lim and a 1994 director's note on A Confucian Confusion New cover by Tori Huynh

• High School DxD NEW (Season 2) | DVD | (05/10/2020) from £11.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A war between heaven and hell is raging on Earth and hormonal fury is raging in Issei s pants. Enter curvy redhead Rias. She s president of The Occult Research Club, a club that doesn t actually research the occult. They are the occult and Rias is a Devil. If Issei can improve his mystical skills, he ll be able to help his hotter-than-hell master and her schoolgirl friends defeat their foes!