War

• Cross Of Iron (Digitally Restored) | DVD | (12/09/2011) from £4.93   |  Saving you £11.06 (224.34%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Based on the novel by Will Heinrich, Sam Pekinpah's (The Wild Bunch) only war film is an intense and uncompromising affair that brilliantly reflects both the futility of conflict and the director's fascination with individuals confronted by events beyond their control.A World War II tale told from the German perspective, Cross Of Iron follows a platoon of German soldiers in Russia when the German Wehrmacht forces had been decimated and the Germans were retreating along the Russian front. Rolf Steiner (James Coburn) is a German corporal and recipient of the Iron Cross who has grown disenchanted with Hitler's war machine. When Captain Stransky (Maximillian Schell) assumes charge, the pair are thrown into immediate conflict, the autocratic but ultimately cowardly Stransky coveting the loyalty and honour Steiner commands.Evocatively shot by John Coquillon (Billy the Kid) in sombre tones to emphasise the horrors of combat, the superlative lead performances are matched by David Warner and James Mason as war-weary senior officers. Viewed as one of Peckinpah's most powerful works, it's an unflinching vision of the Second World War.

• Recon: 1944 The Enemy Within | DVD | (18/01/2021) from £4.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Coronation Street - Out Of Africa | DVD | (10/11/2008) from £4.90   |  Saving you £5.09 (103.88%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Coronation Street favourites Chesney Kirk and Fiz set out for South Africa to be reunited with Cilla. With regular Corrie viewers able to watch the fallout in Weatherfield on ITV1 the action in South Africa is only available to watch on ITV DVD. Guaranteed to make the christmas wish list of every Corrie fan this is the first Coronation Street DVD special for ten years.

• Born On The Fourth Of July | Blu Ray | (04/07/2011) from £6.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (185.98%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The second film in Oliver Stone's Vietnam trilogy moves from the brutality of war in Platoon to its equally traumatic aftermath. Based on the memoir of combat veteran Ron Kovic, the film stars Tom Cruise as Kovic, whose gunshot wound in Vietnam left him paralysed from the chest down. He is deeply embittered by neglect in a veteran's hospital and by the shattering of his patriotic idealism because of the horror and futility of the Vietnam conflict. While painfully and awkwardly adjusting to his disability and a changing definition of masculinity, Kovic joins the burgeoning movement of antiwar protest, culminating in a climactic appearance at the 1976 Democratic national convention. Born on theFourth of July is a powerfully intimate portrait that unfolds on an epic scale and is arguably Stone's best film (if you can forgive its often strident tone). Cruise's Oscar-nominated role is uncompromising in its depiction of one man's personal anguish and political awakening. --Jeff Shannon

• City of War - Multi-Award-Winning Film (Starring Steve Buscemi and Daniel Bruhl) | DVD | (15/03/2021) from £9.01   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  For nearly 30 years now, businessman John Rabe (Ulrich Tukur) has been living with his wife Dora in the capital city of China, Nanking, where he heads the Siemens industrial plant. It is difficult for him to hand over the reins of the operation to his successor and return to Berlin. He has learned to love the country, and he knows that while he is a man of influence here, at the Siemens headquarters in Berlin he is replaceable. During the farewell ball in his honour, Nanking is bombed by Japanese airplanes following the Japanese army's capture of Shanghai. As panic breaks out in the city, Rabe resolutely opens the company gates and offers refuge to the desperate families of his employees. Learning that the city will be attacked by the Japanese, an international diplomat Dr. Rosen (Daniel Bruhl) presents an idea to the city officials about the creation of a safety zone for civilians that had saved lives in Shanghai. John Rabe is nominated as chairman of the new safety zone. The committee also elect Dr. Wilson (Steve Buscemi), an American senior physician of the local hospital, who detests Rabe because he believes he works in the interests of the Third Reich. These three men must now learn to work together to try and protect the people. While the Imperial Japanese Army continue to unleash a wave of brutality, rape and murder on the civilian population, Rabe, Wilson and Rosen courageously negotiate with the Japanese and wrest a guarantee for a safety zone for the civilians. However hundreds of thousands of desperate people pour into the zone - much more than expected. The Japanese continue to harass and attack the population, and it becomes a life and death struggle as Rabe and his comrades try to protect them. The Japanese now plan to use a pretence to storm the zone and with the threat of a looming massacre - so a race against time begins for Rabe, Wilson and Rosen...

• The Young Lions | DVD | (12/03/2012) from £19.99   |  Saving you £-10.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  One of the most thoughtful films about World War II, this 1958 Edward Dmytryk (The Left Hand of God) drama, based on a novel by Irwin Shaw The Young Lions, tells parallel stories of two American soldiers (Montgomery Clift and Dean Martin) and one German officer (Marlon Brando), whose war experiences we follow until they intersect outside a concentration camp. Martin plays what he calls "a likeable coward," Clift is intense as a Jewish GI and Brando experiments with the limits of his part as a Nazi re-evaluating his beliefs. Legend has it that Clift accused Brando of bleeding-heart excessiveness. Interestingly, the two Method actors share no scenes together. --Tom Keogh

• Hell And High Water (Masters of Cinema) Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (07/12/2020) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Eureka Entertainment to release HELL AND HIGH WATER; Samuel Fuller's Cold War submarine adventure starring Richard Widmark; presented on Blu-ray from a stunning 4K restoration, as a part of The Masters of Cinema Series. Available from 7 December 2020, the release will be limited to 1000 copies only. In the summer of 1953, it was announced that an atomic bomb of foreign origin had been exploded somewhere outside of the United States... This is the story of that explosion. Starting with a nuclear explosion and only escalating from there (Fuller was a master of the opening scene If a story doesn't give you a hard-on in the first couple of scenes, throw it in the goddamn garbage.), Hell and High Water is a white-knuckle Cold War thriller that would have a huge influence on the future of blockbuster cinema (Steven Spielberg was so enamoured with the film that he kept a print in his car for many years). When military intelligence suggests a secret atomic base is being covertly set-up on an island near Japan, former US Navy commander Adam Jones (Richard Widmark) is sent on a covert mission to prevent a nuclear attack that could trigger World War 3. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Samuel Fuller's Hell and High Water on Blu-ray from a stunning 4K restoration. Special Edition Contains: 1080p presentation on Blu-ray from Fox's 4K restoration Original, uncompressed, monaural soundtrack Optional English SDH Audio commentary by author Scott Harrison Audio commentary with Film historians Alain Silver and James Ursini Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters [45 mins] a documentary on the actor Original theatrical trailer PLUS: A collector's booklet featuring an essay by film critic Philip Kemp and the words of Samuel Fuller.

• Zulu Dawn | DVD | (05/01/2004) from £12.80   |  Saving you £1.19 (9.30%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Cy Endfield cowrote the epic prequel Zulu Dawn 15 years after his enormously popular Zulu. Set in 1879, this film depicts the catastrophic Battle of Isandhlwana, which remains the worst defeat of the British army by natives--the British contingent was outnumbered 16-to-1 by the Zulu tribesmen. The film's opinion of events is made immediately clear in its title sequence: ebullient African village life presided over by King Cetshwayo is contrasted with aristocratic artifice under the arrogant eye of General Lord Chelmsford (Peter O'Toole). Chelmsford is at the heart of all that goes wrong, initiating the catastrophic battle with an ultimatum made seemingly for the sake of giving his troops something to do. His detached manner leads to one mistake after another and this is wryly illustrated in a moment when neither he nor his officers can be bothered to pronounce the name of the land they're in. That it's a beautiful land none the less is made clear by the superb cinematography, which drinks in the massive open spaces that shrink the British army to a line of red ants. Splendidly stiff-upper-lipped support comes from a heroic Burt Lancaster and a fluffy, yet gruff, Bob Hoskins. Although the story is less focused and inevitably more diffuse than the concentrated events of Rorke's Drift that followed soon after, Zulu Dawn is an unflinchingly honest depiction of British Imperial diplomacy. --Paul Tonks

• Just A Gigolo | Blu Ray | (30/08/2021) from £18.67   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Paul von Przygodski (David Bowie), a young Prussian gentleman, arrives in the trenches in time to be caught in the final explosion of the Great War. After recuperating in a military hospital, where he is mistaken for a French hero, he returns to Berlin. His family home has been turned into a boarding house, his father (Rudolf Schu¨ndler) is paralyzed, and his mother (Maria Schell) is working in the Turkish baths. Attempting to find a new purpose, his childhood friend, Cilly (Sydne Rome), abandons him for fame and fortune; his former commanding officer, Captain Kraft (David Hemmings), tries to persuade him to join his right-wing movement and a widow, Helga von Kaiserling (Kim Novak), briefly seduces him with the finer things in life. In a society where the individual comes first and anyone can be bought, he is recruited by Baroness von Semering (Marlene Dietrich) as one in her regiment of gigolos. The cynical and decadent world of entertaining rich widows leads an increasingly disillusioned Paul to a poignant, chilling end.

• Across The Universe | Blu Ray | (11/02/2008) from £19.80   |  Saving you £5.19 (26.21%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A love story set against the backdrop of the 1960s amid the turbulent years of anti-war protest, mind exploration and rock 'n roll.

• Paris | DVD | (02/02/2009) from £6.74   |  Saving you £13.25 (196.59%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The moving story of a Parisian who is sick and thinks he may die at any moment. His condition makes him look at all the people he meets in a new and different way.

• The Bells Go Down | DVD | (19/07/2010) from £9.56   |  Saving you £6.43 (67.26%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Bells Go Down

• The War Collection Volume 2 | DVD | (14/12/2020) from £18.26   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From the blood-stained beaches of Dunkirk to the terror of young aircraft pilots in the depths of war, through to a case of mistaken identity in the German POW camps. From a quiet English village on alert of the arrival of the enemy to the life of an RAF fighter station during the Battle of Britain. Featuring outstanding performances from acting greats such as John Mills and Malcom McDowell, these five classic war films are tales of survival, resolve and bravery. DUNKIRK Dunkirk follows the dramatic events leading up to Operation Dynamo, where the British Army attempted to rescue fellow soldiers and Allied troops from Nazi-occupied France. Starring John Mills. ACES HIGH New air force recruit Peter Firth takes an instant dislike to his embittered squadron leader, Malcolm McDowell. But as the young pilot experiences the tensions and stresses of warfare, his dislike turns to admiration. WENT THE DAY WELL? A rare foray into darker material by Ealing Studios, Alberto Cavalcanti's film tells the story of a quiet English village, infiltrated by German soldiers masquerading as British troops, leaving the plucky villagers to uncover the plot and fight back. THE CAPTIVE HEART WW2 drama based on a true story about a Czech Captain (Michael Redgrave) who to conceal his identity, pretends to be a dead British officer. After being thrown into a German POW camp the other inmates begin to doubt his story and he must do all he can to convince them he's not a spy. ANGELS ONE FIVE The Battle of Britain as seen through the eyes of the operations room of a Kent fighter station during the summer of 1940. A young, inexperienced pilot has trouble settling into squadron life.

• The Andrzrej Wajda War Trilogy | DVD | (26/05/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.26

  Contains: A Generation (a.k.a Pokolenie): Set against the German occupation of Poland during World War Two this is the story of a group of youths and their coming of age. Canal (a.k.a Kanal): Set during the last days of the Warsaw Uprising in 1944 this is the story of a company of men who are forced to say goodbye to their families and retreat to the sewers in a bid to flee the advancing deadly battle. Ashes And Diamonds (a.k.a Popiol i Diament): On the last day of World War Two a young Resistance fighter is ordered to kill a Communist leader. However his conscience is telling him not to obey knowing the consequences could be deadly he must decide whether to follow his orders for the last time.

• Stalag Luft | DVD | (12/05/2014) from £8.15   |  Saving you £4.84 (59.39%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Upper class twit Wing Commander Forrester (Stephen Fry) is imprisoned in Stalagluft a German WW2 POW camp. He devises a plan with Cosgrove (Nicholas Lyndhurst) for a mass escape and digging begins on five tunnels Tom Dick Harry Julian and Gladys. Assuming the name ‘Big F’ Forrester believes his plan will succeed because his German captors are old and incompetent. Realising the vulnerability of his position Camp Kommandant (Geoffrey Palmer) requests that his officers are allowed to join the escape. Once the Germans have escaped through the tunnel the allies get cold feet and decide to remain in the POW camp and run it themselves. The only problem being that there are now no Germans so Forrester assumes the role of Camp Kommandant and enlists the help of some German speaking POW’s but will they convince the visiting SS guards with hilarious consequences.

• Invincible (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (26/07/2021) from £17.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Invincible was the first dramatic work by Werner Herzog in a decade. He assembled a typically eclectic cast including Tim Roth (Meantime), Udo Kier (Exposé) and two-time World's Strongest Man Jouko Ahola and blended the lives of three equally eclectic real-life figures Jewish strongman Zishe Breitbart, Austrian clairvoyant Erik Jan Hanussen, and German chief of police Count Wolf-Heinrich von Helldorff in order to interweave fact and fiction in his typically idiosyncratic way. This Indicator Blu-ray edition presents the film in a new restoration from a 4K scan with both its English and German soundtracks. Special Features New 2K restoration from a 4K scan Original English and German soundtracks, available in 5.1 surround sound and 2.0 stereo Audio commentary with director Werner Herzog, in German with optional, newly translated English subtitles (2002) New interview with director of photography Peter Zeitlinger (2021) UK theatrical trailer German theatrical trailer US theatrical trailer Image gallery: promotional and publicity material New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing Newly translated English subtitles for the German soundtrack Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Jason Wood, archival articles and interviews, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits UK premiere on Blu-ray Limited edition of 3,000 copies Extras subject to change

• Deewaar | DVD | (23/08/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Vijay and Ravi two souls two brothers who once shared the joys and sorrows together had to be separated by a WALL built on truth and justice. Ravi had in his the veins toughness of his father tender love of his mother and undying affection of his brother. But the Wall of duty would not allow a re-union. Vijay had experienced the bitterness of life. He carried the stigma of his father's indiscretion committed out of love for his wife and children and under duress of blackmail. This stigma could not be washed as it was tatooed on his hand to be borne till death. Vijay could not forget his life on the streets and the nights of starvation and poverty. The abuses slung at his mother remained imprinted in his heart. Torture and torments turned him into a rebel. On the other side was Ravi a believer in the rules of road conscious of duties to society and law. This was the Wall a Wall of dogmas separating the brothers each one's opposed to the other's. The only link of affection between the brother's was their Mother. But when she learnt the palace Vijay had built stood on crime and sin she was full of remorse. All the wealth of Vijay could not lesson her grief. She went with Ravi on the other side of the Wall deserting Vijay on his side full of misery and loneliness. A day dawned and this wall crumbled down leaving a void as big as an ocean which could not be gulfed by all the tenderness love and affection.

• 21 | Blu Ray | (08/09/2008) from £6.50   |  Saving you £18.49 (284.46%)   |  RRP £24.99

  "21" is inspired by the true story of the very brightest young minds in the country - and how they took Vegas for millions.

• Odette | Blu Ray | (10/06/2019) from £11.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A classic tale of bravery and courage during WWII, Odette tells the true story of female war hero Odette Hallowes. After volunteering her services to the Special Operations Executive, Odette is dispatched into Nazi occupied France and thrown into an intense world of espionage. Whilst on a deadly mission working for the French Resistance, her cover is blown and Odette is captured and interrogated by ruthless Gestapo officers. But, even after being brutally tortured and sentenced to death in a concentration camp, Odette still refuses to reveal any information concerning her original mission and her fellow spies. Extras: Those British Faces: Anna Neagle, New interview with Sebastian Faulks, Afternoon Plus with Mavis Nicholson - Interview with Odette Sansom (1980), Captain Peter Churchill And Odette Sanson Get Married In London (1947

• Frost/Nixon | Blu Ray | (18/05/2009) from £12.50   |  Saving you £12.49 (99.92%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Oscar-winning director Ron Howard brings to the screen writer Peter Morgan's electrifying battle between Richard Nixon, the disgraced president with a legacy to save, and David Frost, a jet-setting television personality with a name to make.