War

• March of Millions - A WWII story of an unparalleled mass exodus (Multi Award Winning) | DVD | (17/01/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• MacArthur (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (19/08/2024) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  MacArthur is a thoughtful and dramatic look at the life and times of controversial American military leader General Douglas MacArthur. Directed by Joseph Sargent (The Taking of Pelham One Two Three), this celebrated biopic features a hugely authoritative central performance by Gregory Peck, and strong support from Ed Flanders (The Ninth Configuration) and Dan O'Herlihy (Imitation of Life), who play Presidents Harry S Truman and Franklin D Roosevelt, respectively. INDICATOR STANDARD EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES High Definition remasterOriginal mono audioOptional 5.1 surround mixMacArthur: The Rebel General (129 mins): alternative UK home video version containing unique material, presented open matte in Standard DefinitionAudio commentary with film historians Steve Mitchell and Steven Jay Rubin (2021)General Disposition (2004, 5 mins): director Joseph Sargent recalls his time working with Gregory PeckSelection of Pathé newsreels capturing events portrayed in the film: A Tribute to MacArthur (1942, 3 mins), MacArthur in Australia (1942, 1 min), MacArthur Returns to Philippines (1944, 5 mins), MacArthur Steps Down (1951, 2 mins), MacArthur Addresses Congress (1951, 6 mins), and MacArthur Honored on 75th Birthday (1955, 1 min)Original theatrical trailerRadio spotsImage gallery: promotional and publicity materialNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

• Wise Blood | DVD | (02/03/2009) from £25.63   |  Saving you £-5.64 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  John Huston's cult favourite Wise Blood starring Brad Dourif and Harry Dean Stanton available for the first time on DVD.

• The Waiting Room | DVD | (06/10/2008) from £13.91   |  Saving you £4.08 (29.33%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Two complete strangers, Anna and Stephen are brought together by chance by an elderly man who waits for his wife on a station platform.

• My Blueberry Nights | Blu Ray | (23/06/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A beautiful young woman on the treacherous road to love.... Elizabeth (Norah Jones) is a young woman who sets out on an unforgettable journey of discovery in pursuit of true love. In heartbreakingly beautiful locations and classic Route 66 atmospheric diners Wong Kar Wai's captivating heroine encounters a series of enigmatic characters that help her on her quest.

• The Jackie Chan Collection | DVD | (08/10/2012) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Operation CondorJackie Chan is Condor, an adventurer hired in the North African desert by a German patrol as the Nazi war machine crumbled at the end of World War II. The hero is joined by three beautiful women in a race to get to the gold and outwit the evil forces relentlessly pursuing them. 36 Crazy FistsThe story of a young man who learns the art of kung fu from a Shaolin Master in order to avenge the death of his father by ruthless gangsters. Fights choreographed - directed by Jackie Chan, 36 Crazy Fists is one of the most action-filled pictures he's ever made and include some of the most stunning kung fu fights ever filmed. Eagle Shadow FistSet during World War II, Eagle Shadow Fist stars Jackie Chan as a famous Chinese actor who joins a group of anti-Japanese commandos to become a guerrilla fighter. Following their invasion of China, the Japanese have taken a fortune as the spoils of war. The commandos, led by Chan, are determined to get back at any cost. Dragon LordJackie plays Dragon, a talented young martial arts student and sports champion who falls in love with a beautiful village girl, and in his humorous struggle to win her over, gets caught up in a dangerous plot to smuggle precious artefacts out of China. Master with Cracked FingersJackie Chan sets out with his deadly weapons - namely his hands and feet - pledging to avenge the murder of his father. His quest takes him on a dangerous path, into the activities of a ruthless gang and the evil mastermind who was responsible for the killing. More action... more power... more fights from Jackie Chan - a true master of the martial arts.

• Four Classic War Movies | DVD | (06/10/2008) from £12.99   |  Saving you £-1.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £11.99

  Titles comprise: Running on Empty: After antiwar activists Annie and Arthur Pope (Chistine Lahti and Judd Hirsh) blew up a napalm lab in 1971 they became lifelong fugitives. They and their children have stayed just one step ahead of the law running from state to state job to job identity to identity. But now elder son Danny (River Phoenix) wants to stop running from a past not his. And to do so he might never see his on-the-lam family again... Escape To Victory: This is no ordinary soccer match: this is war! The battlefield: a stadium in occupied Paris. The armies: German all-stars vs. ragtag Allied POWs. The objective: demonstrate another proof of Aryan superiority. Guess who wins? Better yet guess who cleverly uses the match as a means of escape? Sylvester Stallone Michael Caine and Max von Sydow star in this rouser directed by the legendary John Huston. The climatic match is a heart-in-the-throat hat-in-the-air exhibition of brute force and balletic grace featuring soccer legends Pele Bobby Moore Osvaldo Ardiles Co Prins Mike Summerbee and more. Score a splendid entertainment goal for 'Victory'! Gettysburg: Summer 1863. The Confederacy pushes north into Pennsylvania. Union divisions converge to face them. Two great armies will clash at Gettysburg site of a theology school. For three days through such legendary actions as Little Round Top and Pickett's Charge the fate of one nation indivisible hangs in the balance. The bloodiest battle fought on American soil comes to the screen in a powerful production. Tom Berenger Jeff Daniels Martin Sheen Richard Jordan and more play key roles in this magnificent epic based on Michael Shaara's Pulitzer Prize-winning book 'The Killer Angels' filmed at actual battle locations and rigorously authenticated. Memphis Belle: Matthew Modine and Eric Stoltz head the dynamic cast of Memphis Belle an adventure inspired by true World War II heroics. During spring 1943 they took to the war-torn skies for the most dangerous mission in defence of freedom. If the ten-man crew of the bomber Memphis Belle returned they would receive a hero's welcome and renew flagging public morale. But the odds were stacked heavily against them in the true courageous story of the brave fly-boys who each fought mortal fear while fighting the enemy together.

• Michael Caine Collection | DVD | (06/10/2008) from £38.99   |  Saving you £-14.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Titles Comprise: Sleuth: Wealthy mystery novelist Andrew Wyke (Laurence Olivier) invites lower-class hairdresser Milo Tindle (Michael Caine) to his elegant English mansion to discuss Milo's affair with Wyke's wife. But when Andrew proposes that Milo participate in a robbery scheme to benefit them all the two rivals find themselves locked in an increasingly devious duel of wits and deceptions. Who is the player? Who is the pawn? And in the shocking and wicked final twist who will win the deadliest game of all? Three decades after its original release Sleuth remains beloved for the virtuoso performances by Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine its brilliant script by playwright Anthony Shaffer (Frenzy The Wicker Man) and as the final film of legendary director Joseph L. Mankiewicz (All About Eve). Now experience this classic thriller like never before as Sleuth is presented in a sparkling new widescreen transfer created from original vault materials. The Italian Job: Charlie Croker is out of jail and on the make with an ingenious plan for the heist of the century. Aided and abetted by top criminal mastermind Mr. Bridger Charlie sets off with an ace team of villains and three very special minis to lift 000 000 from under the noses of the Turin Polizi. The trouble is with the cops and the Mafia on his tail Charlie finds that grabbing the money is kid's stuff compared to getting away with it...This action packed comedy drama is an all time cult classic of the 60's with the craziest car chase in movie history and an incredible cliff hanger finale The Italian Job is the caper movie to beat them all! Alfie: Alfie is a good-looking charmer who finds that the Swinging Sixties are a great time to be around in. He's always able to sweet-talk women into bed and he just doesn't care about the consequences. The film charts Alfie's complex and amoral amour while he offers his own perspective addressing the camera with his observations on life and love. Zulu: The year: 1879. The place: Natal Africa. One British garrison has already fallen to a huge army of Zulu tribesmen. The fearless native warriors are now heading for the isolated colonial outpost of Rorke's Drift which is manned by no more than a hundred South Wales Borderers. A stirring tale of courage under fire Zulu boasts fine performances from Michael Caine and Stanley Baker as conflicting British officers and an unforgettable rendition of Men of Harlech. Funeral in Berlin: A British spy is responsible for arranging the defection of a Russian officer in charge of Berlin war security. When his plan goes very wrong he must rely on his own Cockney cunning to escape the morass of double-dealing intrigue and beautiful but deadly women.

• Midway | Blu Ray | (09/03/2020) from £N/A   |  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.

• In Darkness – Multi Award Winning film - Based on a true story from WWII | DVD | (07/06/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Ultimate War Collection | DVD | (28/12/2009) from £10.95   |  Saving you £9.04 (82.56%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Ultimate World War II Box Set (3 Discs)

• World War III | DVD | (13/11/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• 9th Company (Single Disc) | DVD | (03/12/2007) from £6.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (42.92%)   |  RRP £9.99

  They stood together while their country fell apart Post-communist Russia's highest grossing film to date 9th Company is a stirring and extremely timely modern day war movie on a par with Hollywood blockbusters Full Metal Jacket and Platoon. Based on real life events 9th Company recounts a year in the shared loves of a group of young Soviet soldiers recruited to serve in Afghanistan for the final year of the Soviet conflict. It is the poignant story of the unit's dedication to both their country and each other during their final valiant defence of the Height 3234... a futile battle that ravaged the forgotten company who fought on unaware the war had ended...

• Red Ball Express | DVD | (21/01/2013) from £9.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (30.03%)   |  RRP £12.99

  During the Allied push to Paris, General Patton's tanks have outrun their supply lines in a dramatic dash into German-held territory. Lieut. Campbell is assigned to throw together a racially mixed 'red ball' unit of supply trucks and get them through to the front. Campbell's sergeant is Kallek, a bitter young man who despises Campbell, believing him to be responsible for the death of his brother before World War II began. The two men remain at odds during the dangerous mission, and find the...

• A Man Escaped | DVD | (28/04/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This compelling thrilling tale of courage and faith recounts a Resistance fighter's daring escape from a Nazi prison just hours before he was to be executed. Based on a true story the film meticulously details Lieutenant Fontaine's preparations for escape. With stealth and precision he puts into action a plan as suspenseful as anything out of Hitchcock. At the height of his powers using non-professional actors and a rigorously spare style acclaimed director Robert Bresson (Pickpocket Lancelot Of The Lake) created a radiantly intense classic that became an inspiration for the New Wave.

• Apocalypse Now (Digitally Restored) | DVD | (21/11/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Francis Ford Coppola's iconic, hallucinatory masterpiece Apocalypse Now has been painstakingly restored by his own Zoetrope studios under his close supervision. Martin Sheen (TV's The West Wing) stars as Army Captain Willard, a troubled man sent on a dangerous top-secret mission into Cambodia to assassinate a rogue Green Beret, Col. Kurtz (Marlon Brando, The Godfather, On the Waterfront, Last Tango in Paris), who has barricaded himself in a remote outpost. As Willard ventures deeper and deeper into the wilderness of the jungle, he embarks on a strange journey that leads him to Kurtz - but also forces him to come face to face with the terrifying vision of the heart of darkness in us all.

• Clint Eastwood - War Collection | DVD | (16/05/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.44

  The Clint Eastwood War Collection: Flags of Our Fathers Letters from Iwo Jima Heartbreak Ridge Kelly's Heroes

• Redacted | DVD | (21/07/2008) from £3.85   |  Saving you £12.14 (315.32%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A montage of stories about U.S. soldiers fighting in the Iraq conflict, focusing on the modern forms of media covering the war.

• Studio Classic: Classic War Movies | DVD | (10/10/2005) from £5.98   |  Saving you £29.01 (485.12%)   |  RRP £34.99

  The Longest Day (Dir. Ken Annakin and Andrew Marton 1962): On June 6 1944 the Allied Invasion of France marked the beginning of the end of Nazi domination over Europe. The attack involved 3 000 000 men 11 000 planes and 4 000 ships comprising the largest armada the world has ever seen. Presented in the original black & white version The Longest Day is a vivid hour-by-hour re-creation of this historic event. Featuring a stellar international cast and told from the perspectives of both sides it is a fascinating look at the massive preparations mistakes and random events that determined the outcome of one of the biggest battles in history. Sink The Bismarck! (Dir. Lewis Gilbert 1960): In the Spring of 1941 Nazi Germany's greatest battleship - the Bismarck scourge of Atlantic shipping - is pinned down at her anchorage in Norway. Making a break for freedom and the safety of air cover from the Luftwaffe the great ship is chased by the Royal Navy. Eventually after heavy casualties including the loss of HMS Hood the Bismarck is finally trapped and sunk. Kenneth More stars as Captain Shepherd - the Admiralty's Director of Naval Operations - who embittered by the death of his wife in an air raid is assigned to this post just as the Bismarck makes its escape. The Desert Rats (Dir. Robert Wise 1953): Richard Burton stars in this exciting film about the courageous men who held off notorious German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel despite being hopelessly outnumbered. The year is 1941 and all that stands between Rommel and the Suez Canal is the fortress of Tobruk which is manned only by a small Australian battalion whom Captain MacRoberts (Burton) must whip into shape - fast! James Mason co-stars in a stunning portrayal as Rommel in this stirring action-packed story of the World War II heroes known as the Desert Rats. Twelve O'Clock High (Dir. Henry King 1949): Convinced an Air Force Commander is at breaking point Brigadier General Savage (Gregory Peck) takes over his struggling bomber group. At first resentful and rebellious the flyers gradually change as Savage guides them to amazing feats. But the stress of command soon takes its toll and the weary general reaches his own breaking point. Authentic aerial battle footage and numerous acclaimed performances make Twelve O'Clock High a credible stirring tale of courage and sacrifice. A Farewell To Arms (Dir. Charles Vidor 1957): This dense adaption of Ernest Hemingway's novel features Rock Hudson as American soldier Lt. Henry and his ill-fated love affair with British Nurse Catherine portrayed by Jennifer Jones during World War I. The two lovers will stop at nothing to be together but Lt. Henry's internal struggles ultimately threaten the relationship. Hemingway's theme of questioning the nature of war and fighting is fully recognised under Charles Vidor's direction.

• A Bridge Too Far/The Great Escape/Battle Of Britain | DVD | (16/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A Bridge Too Far: In September 1944 flush with success after the Normandy Invasion the Allies confidently launched Operation Market Garden a wild scheme intended to put an early end to the fighting by invading Germany and smashing the Reich's war plants. But a combination of battlefield politics faulty intelligence bad luck and even worse weather led to the disaster beyond the Allies' darkest fear. The Great Escape: One of the most ingenious and suspenseful adventure films of all time The Great Escape is a masterful collaboration between director John Sturges (The Magnificent Seven) screenwriters James Clavell ('Shogun') and W.R. Burnett and composer Elmer Bernstein. Based on a true story. The Battle Of Britain: This is a spectacular retelling of a true story that shows courage at its inspiring best. Few defining moments can change the outcome of war . But when the outnumbered Royal Air Force defied unsurmountable odds in engaging the German Luftwaffe they may well have altered the course of history!