War

• The Young Lions | DVD | (18/04/2005) from £10.43   |  Saving you £2.56 (24.54%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Academy Award-winning actor Marlon Brando captures the extraordinary contradictions and complexity of a decent man who winds up as a Nazi officer. The Young Lions tells the story of World War II from both sides. The American represented by Montgomery Clift and Dean Martin. And the German made tragically vivid by Brando. Based on the novel by Irwin Shaw. The Young Lions is a provocative insightful movie. It is also one of Brando's all-time best.

• I Was Monty's Double | DVD | (29/01/2007) from £9.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (30.03%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In World War II North Africa an actor is set the task of posing as Field Marshal Montgomery in an effort to confuse the Nazis. Based on a true story.

• Midway (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (19/08/2024) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Recreating the famous sea battle between the American fleet and the Imperial Japanese Navy, Midway finds director Jack Smight (Airport 1975) confidently handling epic battle scenes and a stellar cast which includes Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, James Coburn, Glenn Ford, Hal Holbrook, Toshiro Mifune, Robert Mitchum, and Robert Wagner. Midway is presented here with a wealth of extras, as well as in an extended, two-part TV version which features additional scenes. INDICATOR STANDARD EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES High Definition remasterOriginal mono and 2.1 Sensurround audio tracksAlternative two-part TV version (101 mins and 92 mins): the rarely seen extended TV cut, containing unique scenes, reframed to 4:3 and presented in Standard Definition, as originally broadcastAudio commentary with film historians Steve Mitchell and Steven Jay Rubin (2021)The Guardian Interview with Robert Wagner (1983, 71 mins): archival audio recording of the film and TV star in conversation with Joan Bakewell at the National Film Theatre, LondonThey Were There! (1976, 7 mins): Charlton Heston presents this archival documentary featuring interviews with three combatants who survived the battleThe Making of 'Midway' (2001, 39 mins): documentary looking at the film's productionSensurround: The Sounds of 'Midway' (2001, 5 mins): a look at the film's use of the Sensurround audio systemSuper 8 version: original cut-down home-cinema presentationThe Battle of Midway (1942, 18 mins): award-winning documentary directed by John Ford relaying the battle with footage shot by Navy cameramenOriginal theatrical trailerTV spotsRadio spotsImage gallery: promotional and publicity materialNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

• Bronson | Blu Ray | (06/07/2009) from £13.82   |  Saving you £9.17 (66.35%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Featuring a blistering lead performance from Tom Hardy, "Bronson" charts the life and times of notorious prisoner Charles Bronson.

• Maria Full Of Grace | DVD | (11/08/2008) from £4.98   |  Saving you £8.01 (160.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  These pellets contain heroin. Each weighs 10 grams. Each is 4.2 cm long and 1.4 cm wide. And they're on their way to New York in the stomach of a 17-year-old girl.

• The Outpost | DVD | (06/12/2021) from £5.42   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Based in vulnerable terrain just 14 miles from the Pakistani border, a small unit of U.S. soldiers must hold their base as a force of Taliban fighters launch a co-ordinated attack. Starring Scott Eastwood, Caleb Landry Jones and Orlando Bloom, THE OUTPOST is based on the true story of one of the United States' deadliest battles during the war in Afghanistan - The Battle of Kamdesh.

• Castle Keep | DVD | (23/08/2004) from £6.88   |  Saving you £6.11 (88.81%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Near the end of World War II American Major Falconer (Lancaster) leads his weary eight-man squadron to a perfectly preserved medieval castle in the Ardennes Forest. Castle Keep's owner the aging Count of Maldorais (Jean-Pierre Aumont) shelters the servicemen in hopes they will defend his fortress and his priceless collection of art masterpieces from the advancing German troops. But the servicemen have plans of their own. Major Falconer begins an illicit affair with the count's beau

• I'm A Cyborg | Blu Ray | (26/05/2008) from £22.19   |  Saving you £2.80 (12.62%)   |  RRP £24.99

  "I'm A Cyborg" is a madcap fantasy which splices together the screwball romance of "Amelie", Tim Burton's fantastical design, and "One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest" characters.

• The Birdcatcher | DVD | (07/10/2019) from £6.19   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Midway | Blu Ray | (09/03/2020) from £20.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Midway is the epic, real-life saga about an undermanned American fleet and the brave Navy leaders and pilots who triumphed, against the odds, over a powerful adversary. With democracy and freedom at stake, these U.S. brothers-in-arms conquered the Imperial Japanese Navy at the Battle of Midway, a most stunning clash by air and sea which marked a heroic feat of naval warfare and pivoted the Allies toward victory in the Pacific Theater during WWII.

• Gallipoli | DVD | (03/04/2006) from £5.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (166.95%)   |  RRP £15.99

• V For Vendetta | Blu Ray | (07/07/2008) from £11.89   |  Saving you £8.10 (68.12%)   |  RRP £19.99

  From the acclaimed graphic novel comes the tale of a masked vigilante in a Fascist Britain and the young woman he takes under his wing.

• Vicky Cristina Barcelona | Blu Ray | (22/06/2009) from £6.99   |  Saving you £18.00 (257.51%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Two friends (Scarlett Johansson and Rebecca Hall) on a summer holiday in Spain become involved with the same painter (Javier Bardem), unaware that his fiery and volatile ex-wife (Penelope Cruz) is about to re-enter the picture.

• Footloose/Flashdance | DVD | (06/10/2008) from £6.33   |  Saving you £1.66 (26.22%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Footloose: Teenager Ren MacCormack sends ripples through Bomont a small Midwestern town that could stand some shaking up when he arrives from Chicago with his mother Ethel to settle with her relatives. The adults tend to view him with suspicion as a possible contaminant from the outer world. Some of his male peers eye him as a threat and most of the girls just plain eye him. It's a tough time for Ren whose father deserted him and his mother leaving them financially and emotionally strapped. But Bomont is a new setting a place for beginnings and Ren intends to give it every chance. He finds that the town is autocratically run by the local minister Rev. Shaw Moore who single-handedly manipulates the community sentiment and has had a hand in the banning of certain books all rock 'n' roll music public dancing and numerous other enjoyments that Ren had taken for granted in Chicago. From the moment he arrives in Bomont Ren is harassed and ostracized. He immediately finds himself in conflict with the community in a unique relationship with the minister's free-spirited daughter Ariel and involved in a feud with her bullying boyfriend Chuck. His greatest ally turns out to be Willard a good-natured schoolmate slow to wit but quick to fight. Eventually Ren galvanizes the youth of Bomont to confront the town's narrow-mindedness and in doing so he forces Rev. Moore to re-examine his own relationships with his daughter with his congregation and with his wife of 20 years. Flashdance:In Adrian Lyne's Flashdance a young woman Alex (Jennifer Beals) strives to achieve success as a classical dancer but economic forces require her to work as a welder by day and an exotic dancer by night. Standing in her way is an abundance of profound social obstacles not the least of which is her boss at the welding factory Nick (Michael Nouri) who is also her boyfriend. Alex strives to be accepted into a prestigious ballet academy and she is furious when she realizes that her boyfriend might be pulling strings for her behind the scenes. Along the road to self-discovery and independence Alex also struggles to accept love come to terms with her own stubbornness and find the inner strength to turn her lofty dreams into reality. Edited for maximum rhythmic impact Flashdance is full of glistening bodies and metallic surfaces powered by Giorgio Moroder's throbbing music and one hit song after another: Michael Sembello's Maniac Karen Karmen's Manhunt and notably Irene Cara's Oscar-winning theme song Flashdance...What a Feeling. Flashdance marks the first co-production between Jerry Bruckheimer and Don Simpson who geared the film toward the MTV generation...

• Step Up | Blu Ray | (27/10/2008) from £10.78   |  Saving you £9.21 (85.44%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A skilled street dancer with a community service gig at an arts school draws the attention of an elite ballet dancer, and sparks fly both on and off stage.

• Hamburger Hill | Blu Ray | (07/12/2009) from £8.95   |  Saving you £7.04 (78.66%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The men of Bravo Company are facing a battle that's all uphill... up Hamburger Hill. Fourteen war-weary soldiers are battling for a mud-covered mound of earth so named because it chews up soldiers like chopped meat. They are fighting for their country their fellow soldiers and their lives. War is hell but this is worse. Hamburger Hill tells it the way it was the way it really was. It's a raw gritty and totally unrelenting dramatic depiction of one of the fiercest battles of America's bloodiest war. Dodge the gunfire. Get caught behind enemy lines. Go into battle beside the brave young men who fought and died. Feel their desperation and futility. This happened. Hamburger Hill - war at its worst men at their best.

• Land Girls -Series 1-3 | DVD | (26/07/2021) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The complete first three series of the WWII drama about four girls doing their bit for the war effort. Nancy (Summer Strallen), Joyce (Becci Gemmell), Bea (Jo Woodcock) and Annie (Christine Bottomley) find their lives change dramatically when they join up to the Women's Land Army and move to the country. Episodes comprise: 'Childhood's End', 'Secrets', 'Codes of Honour', 'Trekkers', 'Destinies', 'Back to the Land', 'Displaced Loyalties', 'Final Reckoning', 'Fight the Good Fight', 'Darkest Hours', 'Home to Roost', 'The War in the Fields', 'The Enemy Within', 'Farewell My Lovely' and 'Last Days of Summer'.

• Tawny Pipit | DVD | (26/07/2021) from £2.49   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  This beautiful and atmospheric British film was made in rural England during WW2 as a show of defiance against those who threatened the English way of life! Jimmy Bancroft (Niall MacGinnis) is a fighter pilot convalescing in an English village, from injuries sustained during the Battle of Britain. Along with his nurse Hazel Broome (Rosamund John) they spend summer days lazing in the Cotswold meadows until they discover a pair of nesting Pipits. Hazel's ornithologist uncle confirms that the birds are indeed Tawny Pipets, but the word soon spreads around the egg-collecting community that there is a rare and lucrative nest in this rural English village. Afraid of having the bird's eggs stolen or destroyed, the villagers agree to defend the nest against thieves, the army and the Ministry of Agriculture! Written and directed jointly by Bernard Miles and Charles Saunders, this British comedy resonates with propaganda that aims to cheer up an audience weary of the ongoing War.

• Midnight Express | Blu Ray | (13/07/2009) from £6.39   |  Saving you £13.60 (212.83%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Brad Davis (The Player) and John Hurt (Alien) star in this riveting true story of a young American's nightmarish experiences in a Turkish prison and his unforgettable journey to freedom.Busted for attempting to smuggle hashish out of Istanbul American college student Billy Hayes (Davies) is thrown into the city's most brutal jail. After suffering through four years of sadistic torture and inhuman conditions Billy is about to be released when his parole is denied. Only his inner courage and the support of a fellow inmate (Hurt) give him the strength to catch the Midnight Express (prison code for escape).

• The Man Who Never Was | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £8.75   |  Saving you £6.24 (71.31%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Three times Oscar nominated Clifton Webb, Robert Flemying and Oscar winner Gloria Grahame star in this highly acclaimed 1956 British war film, based on an incredible true story. In 1943, two intelligence officers from the Royal Navy (Clifton Webb, Robert Flemying) attempt to pull off the most daring espionage mission of the Second World War. The Allies are about to invade Sicily - but the Germans must be convinced that their real target is Greece. A briefcase containing plans for the fake invasion is attached to a body dressed as a British major and given an elaborate false identity. The 'man who never was'is then left at sea for the Germans to find. However, Nazi intelligence believes that the find may be just too good to be true – and a desperate cat-and-mouse game begins in the heart of war torn London... Special Features: Theatrical Trailer Stills Gallery