War

• American Civil War (3-Disc Box Set) | DVD | (17/01/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  True stories from the war that turned brother against brother. Experience for yourself the historical and personal impact of the Civil War in a way that only History can provide. This action-packed 3 DVD collection is a multi-faceted look at 'The War Between the States' and vividly brings the most legendary battles soldiers and leaders to life. From Antietam to Shiloh delve into the full military and political contexts of America's bloodiest era. Hear the intimate stories of the women slaves and soldiers who fought on both sides while the country's most renowned historians describe the less familiar incidents that add perspective and depth to the war that divided a nation.

• Lancaster | DVD | (30/05/2022) from £12.36   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Adulthood | Blu Ray | (13/10/2008) from £11.19   |  Saving you £13.81 (123.41%)   |  RRP £25.00

  Powerful, disturbing and moving in equal measure, 2006's acclaimed "Kidulthood" took us deep into London's unseen underbelly - now it's time to grow up.

• Platoon/Tigerland/Hamburger Hill | DVD | (16/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Platoon (Dir. Oliver Stone 1986): Writer/director Oliver Stone has created a personal and searing testament to the men who fought the war in Vietnam. Seen through the eyes of a college drop-out the war is a real nightmare a private hell of fears from outside and in with enemies on both sides of the line. His platoon's allegiance is split between leaders Sergeant Barnes and Sergeant Elias. Barnes is a scar-faced gung-ho fanatic bent on destroying the elusive Viet Cong and anyone who disagrees with him. Elias is a different type of soldier--he has lost faith in the war but not in man. Friction between the two sergeants leads to a second war as deadly as the one being waged against the enemy. Tigerland (Dir. Joel Schumacher 2000): Roland Bozz after being conscripted into the US army joins a platoon of other young soldiers preparing to fight in Vietnam. He has no interest in fighting for his country and tries to get sent home as a trouble maker but his superiors mistake his defiance as intelligence and he soon gets a chance to try his hand at leadership... Hamburger Hill (Dir. John Irvin 1987): The men of Bravo Company are facing a battle that's all up hill... 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.

• Nobody | Blu Ray | (13/09/2021) from £21.45   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Hutch is a nobody. As an overlooked and underestimated father and husband, he takes life's indignities on the chin and never rocks the boat. But when his daughter loses her beloved kitty-cat bracelet in a robbery, Hutch hits a boiling point no one knew he had. What happens when a pushover finally pushes back? Hutch flips from regular dad to fearless fighter by taking his enemies on a wild ride of explosive revenge. The writer of John Wick showcases Emmy® winner° Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul ) as fans have never seen him before: an average family man who becomes a lethal vigilante unlike any ordinary action hero. Special Features Feature Commentary with Actor/Producer Bob Odenkirk and Director Ilya Naishuller Deleted Scenes Hutch Hits Hard Breaking Down The Action Just a NOBODY

• Bonneville | DVD | (23/03/2009) from £5.13   |  Saving you £7.86 (153.22%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Hitch a ride with three of Hollywood's most acclaimed actresses in this rollicking road movie that's full of warmth tears and humorous zingers (The New York Observer). Starring Academy Award Winners Jessica Lange and Kathy Bates and Academy Award Nominee Joan Allen Bonneville is a charming gem of a film that celebrates fun friendship and the detours of life that makes us who we are. Recently widowed Arvilla (Lange) is at a crossroads. Her stepdaughter Francine (Christine Baranski) has threatened to sell Arvilla's Idaho home unless Arvilla brings her late husband's ashes to California where they'll be interred for eternity beside his first wife. Arvilla's friends Margene (Bates) and Carol (Allen) convince Arvilla to deliver the ashes. But when Arvilla convinces them to go with her in her husband's '66 Bonneville the stage is set for an unforgettable journey filled with hitchhikers truckers breathtaking vistas Vegas jackpots and a powerful final showdown.

• The Ascent (1977) (Criterion Collection) UK Only | Blu Ray | (15/02/2021) from £21.39   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The crowning triumph of a career cut tragically short, the final film from LARISA SHEPITKO (Wings) won the Golden Bear at the 1977 Berlin Film Festival and went on to be hailed as one of the finest works of late-Soviet cinema. In the darkest days of World War II, two partisans set out for supplies to sustain their beleaguered outfit, braving the blizzard-swept landscape of Nazi-occupied Belarus. When they fall into the hands of German forces and come face-to-face with death, each must choose between martyrdom and betrayal, in a spiritual ordeal that lifts the film's earthy drama to the plane of religious allegory. With stark, visceral cinematography that pits blinding white snow against pitch-black despair, The Ascent finds poetry and transcendence in the harrowing trials of war. Special Features: New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack New selected-scene commentary featuring film scholar Daniel Bird New video introduction by Anton Klimov, son of director Larisa Shepitko and filmmaker Elem Klimov New interview with actor Lyudmila Polyakova The Homeland of Electricity, a 1967 short film by Shepitko Larisa, a 1980 short film tribute to his late wife by Klimov Two documentaries from 2012 about Shepitko's life, work, and relationship with Klimov Program from 1999 featuring an interview with Shepitko New English subtitle translation PLUS: An essay by poet Fanny Howe

• The Red Shoes | Blu Ray | (06/07/2009) from £5.99   |  Saving you £14.00 (233.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

• Mutual Friends | DVD | (27/10/2008) from £6.28   |  Saving you £18.71 (297.93%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Martin has two best friends Patrick and Carl who couldn't be more different. One is an irresponsible unreliable feckless womaniser and the other is dead. Guess which one slept with his wife? Martin Grantham is happily married to Jen. They have a son Dan a nice house the works. One day his best friend Carl throws himself under a train setting off a disastrous sequence of events that will change Martin's life forever... Into this mess steps Patrick a friend from way back. Patrick is everything Martin is not - glib self-confident popular and pathologically immature. He's the last person Martin needs in his life right now. Or is he? It's not a matter of life and death; it's much funnier than that.

• Lancaster | Blu Ray | (30/05/2022) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From the producers of the box-office smash hit SPITFIRE comes LANCASTER, the story of the iconic WW2 bomber told through the words of the last surviving crew members, incredible archive material and unique aerial footage of the last working Lancasters in flight.As the country endures the worst of The Blitz, the enemy is strong and RAF Bomber Command badly equipped. But eventually, the tide is turned with the introduction of the 'Lanc'. Responsible for some of the most famous, and infamous, missions in WW2 history, from the Dambuster raids to the controversial bombing of Dresden, there was a deadly price to be paid in the lethal night skies over Germany.55,000 half of all Bomber Command's aircrew died in the skies over Nazi occupied Europe, with an average age of just 22. LANCASTER is a unique story of courage, fear, friendship, and the moral complexities of war.

• Whale Rider | DVD | (11/08/2008) from £5.64   |  Saving you £7.35 (130.32%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Love rejection and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfil a destiny her grandfather steadfastly refuses to recognize... This beautiful and enchanting film was just awarded the the Feature Film Children's BAFTA award. Keisha Castle-Hughes earned an Oscar nomination for her outstanding performance.

• Slumdog Millionaire | Blu Ray | (01/06/2009) from £7.30   |  Saving you £17.69 (242.33%)   |  RRP £24.99

  It's the moment of truth in the studio of India's smash hit TV show 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?' as a young orphan from the slums of Mumbai finds himself on the verge of winning 20 million rupees!

• T-34 | DVD | (27/01/2020) from £7.89   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Russian war drama set during WWII, written and directed by Aleksey Sidorov. A Russian tank unit, held as prisoners of war, are tasked with repairing an old Soviet tank. However, while carrying out the job and despite being under strict supervision, the men attempt an audacious escape to gain their freedom.

• A Bridge Too Far | Blu Ray | (01/01/2009) from £8.75   |  Saving you £4.24 (48.46%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A Bridge Too Far, Official UK region B release, includes trailers, 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio, widescreen 2:35:1

• Danger Close | DVD | (06/04/2020) from £7.25   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Run Silent, Run Deep | DVD | (27/11/2000) from £5.68   |  Saving you £7.31 (128.70%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A movie's lasting value can often be measured by its influence in the years and decades following its original release, and on that basis Run Silent, Run Deep is certainly a classic of sorts. It remains one of the seminal World War II submarine pictures, and its intelligent script and tautly executed action are clearly echoed in such later submarine dramas as Das Boot and especially Crimson Tide, which borrows liberally from this 1958 film. In one of his best and final roles (he appeared in only four films after this), Clark Gable plays a submarine captain without a command, having been saddled with a desk job after his previous ship was destroyed due to his overzealous pursuit of the enemy in dangerous Japanese waters. He finally gets another boat--this time with a vigilant first officer (Burt Lancaster), who stands poised to assume command if Gable puts his crew in unnecessary danger. The tension and mutual respect between these two principled men is superbly written and directed (Robert Wise was just two years away from his triumph with West Side Story), and the crucial inclusion of a strong supporting cast (including Jack Warden and Don Rickles) enhances the movie's compelling authenticity. Based on a novel by former submarine commander Edward L. Beach, Run Silent, Run Deep is rousing entertainment with the added benefit of paying honourable tribute to the men who navigated through the most frightening and claustrophobic channels of the Pacific cinema. --Jeff Shannon

• Mosquito Squadron | Blu Ray | (29/01/2024) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  After losing his friend Scott in a previous mission, RAF squadron leader Quint Munroe is ordered on a dangerous mission to destroy the Château de Charlon in Northern France. However, the task becomes more complicated when it is discovered that Scott and other shot-down pilots are still alive and being used as human shields in an attempt to scupper the planned raid. This taught wartime thriller, directed by Boris Sagal (The Omega Man) and starring David McCullum (The Invisible Man, The Man from Uncle) follows in the footsteps of movies like The Dam Busters and 633 Squadron and serves up a satisfying World War II aerial romp. Product Features HD (1080p) Blu-rayTM presentation 2.0 English Mono Optional English Subtitles Audio Commentary by Filmmaker/Historian Steve Mitchell and Combat Films: American Realism Author Steven Jay Rubin Original Trailer Stills Gallery

• Titanic/The Man In The Iron Mask/Romeo And Juliet | DVD | (13/04/2009) from £9.87   |  Saving you £0.12 (1.22%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Titanic: Leonardo DiCaprio and Oscar nominee Kate Winslet light up the screen as Jack and Rose the young lovers who find one another on the maiden voyage of the unsinkable R.M.S. Titanic. But when the doomed luxury liner collides with an iceberg in the frigid North Atlantic their passionate love affair becomes a thrilling race for survival. Man In The Iron Mask: Its 'all for one and one for all' as the Three Musketeers along with D'Artagnan reunite in this swashbuckling tale of action and adventure. Leonardo DiCaprico stars in the dual role of the cruel King Louis XIV and the mysterious prisoner encased in the iron mask. Paris is starving but the King of France is more interested in the debauched affairs of court. The Musketeers devise a daring plot to save France from the tyranny of this King only D'Artgnan stands in their way. The Man in the Iron Mask is a stunning film of intrigue danger action and romance. Romeo + Juliet: Baz Luhrmann's dazzling and unconventional adaptation of William Shakespeare's classic love story is spellbinding. Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes portray Romeo and Juliet the youthful star-crossed lovers of the past. But the setting has been moved from its Elizabethan origins to the futuristic urban backdrop of Verona beach. This brilliant and contemporary retelling of the world's most tragic love affair makes this wildly inventive Romeo & Juliet unforgettable.

• Shallow Grave | Blu Ray | (01/06/2009) from £10.78   |  Saving you £11.21 (103.99%)   |  RRP £21.99

  From the director of Trainspotting and Slumdog Millionaire comes a masterpiece of terror. Starring Kerry Fox Christopher Eccleston and Ewan McGregor this hermetically sealed shocker will take you on a fantastic ride that's riddled with hairpin turns. Juliet David and Alex find that their new reclusive roommate has not left the bedroom for days. After kicking in the door they discover this drug overdosed corpse... and a suitcase full of cash. Fatefully choosing to keep the money they know they have to get rid of the body. But the remains won't stay buried and a careless trail from the shallow grave leads the police and two money-hungry thugs-back to the trio. As the stakes get higher so does the body count not to mention their paranoia which is quickly putting their friendship in jeopardy...forever!

• The Great Epics | DVD | (17/10/2016) from £38.99   |  Saving you £-16.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Based on the true story of the building of a bridge on the Burma railway by British prisoners-of-war held under a savage Japanese regime in World War II, The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) is one of the greatest war films ever made. The film received seven Oscars, including Best Picture, Director, Performance (Alex Guinness), for Sir Malcolm Arnold's superb music, and for the screenplay from the novel by Pierre Boulle (who also wrote Monkey Planet, the inspiration for Planet of the Apes). The story does take considerable liberties with history, including the addition of an American saboteur played by William Holden, and an entirely fictitious but superbly constructed and thrilling finale. Made on a vast scale, the film reinvented the war movie as something truly epic, establishing the cinematic beachhead for The Longest Day (1962), Patton (1970) and A Bridge Too Far (1977). It also proved a turning-point in director David Lean's career. Before he made such classic but conventionally scaled films as In Which We Serve (1942) and Hobson's Choice (1953). Afterwards there would only be four more films, but their names are Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Dr Zhivago (1965), Ryan's Daughter (1970) and A Passage to India (1984). On the DVD: Too often the best extras come attached to films that don't really warrant them. Not so here, where a truly great film has been given the attention it deserves. The first disc presents the film in the original extra-wide CinemaScope ratio of 2.55:1, in an anamorphically enhanced transfer which does maximum justice to the film's superb cinematography. The sound has been transferred from the original six-track magnetic elements into 5.1 Dolby Digital and far surpasses what many would expect from a 1950s' feature. The main bonus on the first disc is an isolated presentation of Malcolm Arnold's great Oscar-winning music score, in addition to which there is a trivia game, and maps and historical information linked to appropriate clips. The second disc contains a new, specially produced 53-minute "making of" documentary featuring many of those involved in the production of the movie. This gives a rich insight into the physical problems of making such a complex epic on location in Ceylon. Also included are the original trailer and two short promotional films from the time of release, one of which is narrated by star William Holden. Finally there is an "appreciation" by director John Milius, an extensive archive of movie posters and artwork, and a booklet that reproduces the text of the film's original 1957 brochure. --Gary S Dalkin