War

• Jack Palance Silver Screen Collection | DVD | (14/07/2008) from £8.08   |  Saving you £-5.09 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  A film and television career that spanned more than five decades began as the understudy to Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire before Jack Palance landed his debut in Panic In The Streets in 1950. The same year in only his third film appearance he landed his first Oscar nomination for Sudden Fear. He would finally collect an Academy Award in 1992 for Best Supporting Actor and was still making films in 2001 at the age of 82. He had by then already won an Emmy Award and to prove his all-round talents recorded a country album! A distinctive rugged actor Jack Palace died in 2006 at the age of 86. The Four Dueces: A mob loan collector is fed up with his job of merely beating up those who default on their loans dreaming instead of being able to get enough money together and retire. Together with another disillusioned collector they hatch a plan to con Scarface Manziri out of a fortune but it is not going to be as easy as they think... Mr Scarface: Vic Morono is the owner of a nightclub called The Four Deuces right in themiddle of the Prohibition era. The Four Deuces is also the name of his gang of hoodlums who hijack a truckload of liquor belonging to a rival club. That sets up a full blown gang war....

• Green Street | UMD | (26/12/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

• Spoils Of War | DVD | (28/06/2010) from £10.12   |  Saving you £2.86 (40.11%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Based on the true story of 'Operation Bernhard' the secret Nazi plan to destabilise the British economy by flooding Britain with forged sterling notes. 'Spoils of War' is the compelling and dramatic story of Five Allied soldiers who plan to infiltrate and capture the forged millions for their own personal gain.

• Shootout Battlefront Iraq and Afghanistan | DVD | (19/07/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  With stunning clarity veterans of the most memorable conflicts tell never-before-heard stories of rescues sniper attacks ambushes and hand-to-hand combat. Legendary battles are re-created shot by shot in vivid crisp detail through state-of-the-art 3-D animation sequences. Coupled with eyewitness reports from military experts and soldiers these blow-by-blow re-creations of some of history's bloodiest confrontations take viewers to the front lines of military operations from the perspectives of the soldiers making Shootout! the most accurate gun battle series ever created. Episodes Comprise: Afghanistan's Deadliest Snipers Battle For Baghdad D-Day: Fallujah

• Born On The Fourth Of July/Glory/Casualties Of War | DVD | (26/05/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Born On The Fourth Of July (1989): Tom Cruise delivers a riveting and unforgettable portrayal of Vietnam veteran Ron Kovic in Oliver Stone's Academy Award winning masterpiece. Based on a true story the acclaimed film follows the young Kovic from a zealous teen who eagerly volunteers for the Vietnam War to an embittered veteran paralysed from the mid-chest down. Deeply in love with his country Kovic returned to an environment vastly different from the one he left and struggled before emerging as a brave new voice for the disenchanted. Oscar nominated for eight awards the film picked up two gongs: Best Director (Oliver Stone) and Best Editing (David Brenner and Joe Hutshing). Casualties Of War (1989): Hailed by critics as a masterpiece Casualties of War is based on the true story of a squad of soldiers caught in the moral quagmire of wartime Vietnam. Witness to a vile crime Private Eriksson (Michael J. Fox) is forced to stand alone against his fellow soldiers and commanding officer Sergeant Meserve (Sean Penn). A powerful and charismatic man pushed over the edge of barbarism by the terror and brutality of combat. With sweeping scope action and raw power master filmmaker Brian De Palma creates a devastating and unforgettable tale of one man's quest for sanity and justice amidst the chaos of war. Glory (1989): The heart-stopping story of the first black regiment to fight for the North in the Civil War Glory stars Matthew Broderick Denzel Washington Cary Elwes and Morgan Freeman. Broderick and Elwes are the idealistic young Bostonians who lead the regiment; Freeman is the inspirational sergeant who unites the troops; and Denzel Washington in an Oscar winning performance is the runaway slave who embodies the indomitable spirit of the 54th Regiment of Massachusetts.

• Delhi 6 | DVD | (27/04/2009) from £10.78   |  Saving you £4.21 (39.05%)   |  RRP £14.99

  American-born Indian Roshan (Abhishek Bachchan) brings his ailing grandmother back to India. Little does he know that the quick trip will turn into the longest journey of his life - a journey within. The backdrop of the story is the ancient walled city of Delhi better known as Chandni Chowk a character in herself. It represents the chaos religion beliefs and ethos of the Indian people. The PIN code of that part of the city is 110006 and it is traditional to use only one or two digits of the pin code after Delhi.

• V For Vendetta | UMD | (31/07/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £18.99

• Hustling | DVD | (20/09/2008) from £12.99   |  Saving you £-5.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  A New York investigative reporter Fran Morrison (Lee Remick) is put on an assignment to infiltrate the secret world of prostitution and expose the people behind it. Her investigation leads to a friendship with a hard nosed hooker (Jill Clayburgh) who spills her guts and tells Fran everything she wants to know as she herself has been a victim of abuse at the hands of the people being investigated. Fran soon discovers that some of the city's richest and most powerful families benefit directly from prostitution causing a storm of controversy for those exposed for there involvement when the report appears in a national magazine. A hard hitting drama that exposes corruption at all levels of society.

• Ano Una | DVD | (11/05/2009) from £9.56   |  Saving you £10.43 (52.20%)   |  RRP £19.99

  For "Ano Una", director Jonas Cuaron began taking photographs throughout one year, spontaneous images of people in their everyday lives, with neither posing nor staging. Now, he delivers his series of stills in a stunning feature film project.

• Melrose Place - The Complete First Season | DVD | (13/11/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  This highly successful spin-off of Beverly Hills 90210, is set in an apartment block in the West Hollywood district of Los Angeles. Melrose Place sets the scene for the stories of the lives and loves of a group of young adults, each with their own dreams and drives and the inevitable conflicts and conquests that they endure. Storylines won't fail to entertain; from characters coming back from the dead, multiple personalities and a bomb destroying the apartment complex this series is packed full of soap opera excitement. Synopsis TV drama following the lives and loves of several young adults who reside in Melrose Place, a small apartment complex set in the fashionable West Hollywood district. Despite introducing a whole new cast, the show starts out with former Beverly Hills 90210 babe Jenny (Kelly Garth) moving into Melrose Place to pursue a romantic relationship with carpenter Jake (Grant Show). However, when things don't work out between them, she returns to her 90210 post code. The potent mix of over-the-top storylines, shocking twists, and frank sexuality earned the show much popularity, and helped actress and co-producer Heather Locklear relaunch her career. Includes every episode from the first series.

• Battle of Neretva | DVD | (07/06/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In 1943 Hitler orders the final destruction of the Yugoslav Partisans. The Partisans and thousands of refugees begin a trek northward to the Bosnian Mountains; their goal is to cross the treacherous Neretva gorge over the one remaining bridge in order to get to safety. Their trip is fraught with danger every step of the way and they have to face German tanks Italian infantry Chetnik Cavalry strafing airplanes disease and natural elements. Only if they survive this can they can in peace.

• Crest of the Wave | DVD | (16/08/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• St Elmo's Fire | Blu Ray | (03/08/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Billy: life has changed since school but has Billy noticed? Wendy: respectable hardworking and a virgin. Daddy says marry a nice boy but she has other ideas! Alec: success wealth and a wife. He knows what he wants but can he have it? Kevin: what's his secret? Scared of Women? Gay? Or is it something that'll really shock his best friend? Jules: life is one high-powered party. Sex drugs and really pushing life to the limit. Leslie: she loves her work and she loves her boyfriend...but work's less trouble! Kirbo: a romantic wrestling with reality chasing the girl of his dreams. This is the story of a tightly-knit group of college graduates who must now confront as individuals all the issues of life after college in the 1980s. They must make tough decisions regarding their careers and relationships that will shape a lifetime and cause conflicts within their friendships. This is an eighties classic (note the fantastic Brat pack cast!) so a expect to laugh cry and go through it all with the characters. This is the 'Breakfast Club' of college graduates.

• Patton | DVD | (24/04/2006) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-2.24 (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A critically acclaimed film that won a total of eight 1970 Academy Awards (including Best Picture) Patton is a riveting portrait of one of the 20th century's greatest military geniuses. One of its Oscars went to George C. Scott for this triumphant portrayal of George Patton the only Allied general truly feared by the Nazis. Special mention must go to Francis Ford Coppola's superb script which he wrote while laying low from from the box-office faliure of Rain People. Charism

• V For Vendetta | HD DVD | (20/11/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Set against the futuristic landscape of totalitarian Britain V For Vendetta tells the story of a young working-class woman named Evey who is rescued from a life-and-death situation by a masked man known only as 'V'. Profoundly complex V is at once literary flamboyant tender and intellectual a man dedicated to freeing his fellow citizens from those who have terrorized them into compliance... The Matrix Trilogy writing/directing team of Larry & And Wachowski adapt Alan Moore's seminal graphic novel into a thought-provoking blockbuster.

• Battle Cry / Objective Burma / Operation Pacific | DVD | (21/07/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £30.99

  Battle Cry: A tight-knit group of marines have adventures in both love and war as they progress from boot camp training to a New Zealand ops base and on to the hard-fought invasion of Saipan. Operation Pacific: 'Duke' Gifford an ultra devoted commander feeling guilty about the death of his former commanding officer and the failure of his marriage leads his submarine crew up into uncharted waters in the battle for the Pacific... Objective Burma: A crack squad of paratroopers parachute into Japanese-occupied Burma with a dangerous and important mission: to locate and blow up a radar station. When an ambush cuts off their only escape route his troop are forced into the swamp-infested hell of the Burmese jungle. The harrowing fight for survival begins in a realistic account of the grim hardships facing brave men in battle...

• The Pacific | DVD | (03/01/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The fiercest enemies and the bloodiest battles from WWII's Pacific campaign. Witness shootouts and hand-to-hand warfare come to exhilarating life using recreations state of the art CGI archive footage and eyewitness testimony. The battles for Okinawa Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima were some of the most tactically vital and mercilessly brutal in the entire war and saw US troops facing an enemy that in most cases would rather die than surrender. Now almost 70 years on from that fateful and fearful time experience the weapons the leaders the personalities and the determination that enabled the Allies to emerge victorious from the bloodbath of the Pacific Theatre.

• Donnie Brasco | UMD | (01/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

• Apollo 13 | HD DVD | (13/11/2006) from £14.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (33.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Houston we have a problem. Stranded 205 000 miles from Earth in a crippled spacecraft astronauts Jim Lovell (Hanks) Fred Haise (Paxton) and Jack Swigert (Bacon) fight a desperate battle to survive. Meanwhile at Mission Control astronaut Ken Mattingly (Sinise) flight director Gene Kranz (Harris) and a heroic ground crew race against time and the odds to bring them home. It's a breathtaking adventure that tells a story of courage faith and ingenuity that is all the more remarkable as it's based on true events!

• Exonerated | DVD | (16/06/2008) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Sixteen years.... What could you do in sixteen years? Imagine everything you did in the last sixteen years. Now take it all away.... Sunny Jacobs was convicted and sentenced to death for a crime she did not commit. Sixteen years was just the beginning of what was taken from Sunny Jacobs. Twenty-nine Academy Award nominations eighty-seven Golden Globe nominations one hundred and twelve EMMY nominations: such is the incredible array of actors who have lent their considerable talents and passion to The Exonerated. As a play awarded the Drama Desk Lucille Lortel and Outer Critics Circle Awards it was acclaimed in major cities across America. Now as a film the undeniable power of the true stories of six exonerated survivors of death row will engage your emotion incite your passion and envelop you in their search for the lost small pieces of dignity and the lives so unceremoniously interrupted.