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• Elephant Man | HD DVD | (26/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  David Lynch creator of Twin Peaks and acclaimed director of 'Eraserhead' 'Blue Velvet' and 'Wild At Heart' directs this bizarre but true story of courage and human dignity. John Hurt gives the performance of a lifetime as John Merrick the worst freak known to Victorian medical science a man whose body is hideously distorted into a grotesque parody of an elephant. Rescued from a travelling freak show by Sir Frederick Treves Merrick gradually reveals himself to be a strangely sweet and gentle man remarkably unembittered by the degradation and torment he suffered at the circus. Beautifully shot by Freddie Francis and with an excellent supporting cast including Sir John Gielgud Anne Bancroft and Dame Wendy Hiller The Elephant Man is a compelling moving and enchanting story. The film was nominated for eight Oscars including Best Picture Best Director and Best Actor.

• Boyz N The Hood/8 Mile | DVD | (28/07/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Two Can Play That Game (Dir. Mark Brown) (2001): Shante Smith (Fox) is a beautiful advertising executive who seems to have her life - and her man - completely under control. Her relationship with Keith (Chestnut) a handsome lawyer is the envy of her friends until one night when the girls stumble upon Keith at a nightclub with another woman. Now Shante is forced to launch her 10 Day Plan to get her man back in line save face with her friends and climb back on top of her strained relationship. Honey (Dir. Bille Woodruff) (2003): Honey Daniels (Jessica Alba) is a struggling hip-hop dancer who's got all the moves talent and relentless passion to succeed. She's been waiting all her life to show the world her dance moves and now her dream is just a step away. Inspired by the energy and music of the streets she risks her shot at the big time to reach out take a chance and make it on her own terms...

• Hitler and the Warlords | DVD | (13/10/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  With the use archival footage and expert commentary this fascinating six-part documentary profiles the key figures of World War II providing the viewer with an insight into the personalities of the men whose psychological duels decided the fate of the world. Featuring Hitler Churchill Stalin Trotsky Mussolini and De Gaulle.

• The Lake House | HD DVD | (29/01/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  How do you hold on to someone you've never met? An independent-minded doctor (Sandra Bullock) who once occupied an unusual lakeside home begins exchanging love letters with its newest resident a frustrated architect (Keanu Reeves). When they discover that they're actually living two years apart they must try to unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary romance before it's too late.

• You Got Served | UMD | (01/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  You Got Served has one simple priority, and if you're into the latest hip-hop dance moves, you'll get served an enjoyable 93-minute diversion. For anyone else, however, all bets are off, since this wretchedly plotted film was written by director Christopher B. Stokes as a crassly commercial vehicle for B2K, the teen group that Stokes managed while making cheap movies like this one. There's a tissue-thin romantic subplot, but mostly it's about the MTV-styled showdown between B2K (as Orange County white boys) and their black LA competitors, including members of the hip-hop group IMx. Their aggressive moves are undeniably impressive (in other words, don't try this at home unless you know a good chiropractor), but Stokes would've been better off making a straight documentary. --Jeff Shannon

• Soldier Soldier | DVD | (12/06/2008) from £4.09   |  Saving you £-0.84 (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  2 Full Length Classic Episodes, ALL THE KING'S MEN - With a six-month tour of duty behind them, the officers and men of the King's Fusiliers Infantry Regiment look forward to an emotional return to their Midlands' headquarters. But while the Company Commander, Major Tom Cadman, has to deal with a military problem which results in his judgement being called into question, Corporal Tony Wilton has pressing worries of his own - will he get back in time to see the birth of his first child? Written by Lucy Gannon Directed by Laurence Moody Produced by Chris Kelly Original ITV transmission 10 June 1991 BAND OF GOLD - Disaster is successfully averted when Garvey, Tucker and Farrell follow Voce on his stag night and rescue him from serious embarrassment at the hands of an exotic dancer. Written by Heidi Thomas Directed by Graham Moore Produced by Ann Tricklebank Original ITV Transmission 15 November 1994

• Hello | DVD | (06/07/2009) from £10.00   |  Saving you £9.99 (99.90%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Hello… is a tale about the events that happen one night at a call center. Told through the views of the protagonist, Shyam, it is a story of almost lost love, thwarted ambitions, absence of family affection, pressures of a patriarchal set up, and the work environment of a globalized office. Shyam is losing his girl friend because his career is going nowhere as he trudges his way around in a call center. His girl friend, Priyanka, is also an agent like him at the call center who is about to be snatched by an NRI technogeek. There is also the aspiring model, Esha, who is hoping for the break that seems to be always already eluding her and the man about town, Vroom, who is into well, things. The housewife, Radhika, who is constantly at the receiving end of her mother-in-law and a beleaguered grandfather, Military Uncle, who has been barred from interacting with his grandchild make up the rest of the call agents who see their worlds crumbling around them as the decisions of right sizing are conveyed by Bakshi, the boss. It is a night when dreams will finally crumble. Or will it? For there is that call from God. Narrated as a tale within a tale as a beautiful woman meets the auteur narrator and promises him a story on the condition that he has to narrate it further, Hello, based on Chetan Bhagat's one night at the call center, is the one remarkable story from Tales from a Thousand and One globalizing, urban, Indian Nights.

• Victory At Sea: Freedom At A Heavy Cost | DVD | (04/10/2010) from £1.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (402.01%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The Turkey Shoot: The capture of the poorly fortified and underprepared American territory of Guam in 1941 helped Japanese forces tighten their grip on Micronesia. After two and a half years of occupation punctuated with unspeakable atrocities Allied warships finally breached the Japanese wall of steel and targeted the liberation of the island. Across the waves the largest aircraft carrier battle in history was beginning to simmer as the Imperial Japanese Navy stumbled into a well orchestrated trap. Two If By Sea: Peleliu is a name unknown to many yet the battle which took place upon this small Pacific island in 1944 was one of the bloodiest of World War Two costing the lives of over 10 000 Japanese soldiers. The liberation of the small neighbouring island of Angaur was yet another hard-fought encounter against an enemy for whom surrender was not an option. The Battle For Leyte Gulf: As the US Navy's 3rd and 7th Fleets powered their way across the Pacific Ocean to aid in the liberation of the Philippines few of the sailors on board could have foreseen or imagined the scale of the battle they were about to be consumed by. Loss of the Philippines meant an end to vital supply changes and so Japan committed the entire remains of her naval fleet in a last fatal role of the dice. Return Of The Allies: The Japanese occupation of the Philippines has become synonymous with a brutal regime forced upon an unwilling population and war crimes on a grand scale. In late 1944 the Allies re-entered the region with an irresistible fighting force and one goal in mind - it liberate the Philippines. On land sea and in the air a monumental military operation pushed the Japanese Imperial Forces to the brink of collapse. Full Fathom Five: World War Two saw the submarine emerge as a crucial and illusive weapon of destruction. Their crews had to acclimatise to cramped conditions long journeys and an entirely different strategy of war. Prowling the Pacific Ocean they targeted military and merchant shipping alike sinking countless tonnage that the Axis Forces were unable to replace or recover.

• Hashar | DVD | (03/11/2008) from £10.49   |  Saving you £-4.50 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Hashar is the story of today''s young generation who without true feelings of love get together and later due to misunderstandings their life becomes tumultuous. Set in university campus it highlights the fact that when supported by politicians for their own benefits student politics can take an ugly turn and create havoc in the personal life of students. The story is all about love passion hatred and romance and above all this fiction is more than reality.

• La Haine | HD DVD | (11/12/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Inspired by cinematic classics including Mean Streets Do the Right Thing and The BAttle of Algiers Mattieu Kassovitz's La Haine is arguably the most incendiary provocative and prescient film to emerge from the 90s. Starkly shot in black and white capturing a Paris not seen on any tourist map the film deals with France's intolerance towards outsiders following Vinz (Vincent Cassel Irreversible Oceans 12) Hubert (Hubert Kounde) and Said (Said Taghmaoui Hideous Kinky Three Kings) three young men trapped in the Parisian economic ethnic and social underclass. In the decade since the film's release Europe has witnessed the rise in prominence of Far Right politics the increasing marginalisation of minorities and the growth of religious fundamentalism. Following the 2005 riots across France La Haine is now more relevant than ever in a continent which has finally woken up.

• The Pursuit Of Happyness | DVD | (30/06/2008) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-11.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.99

  An ambitious salesman seeks a better life for him and his young son in this inspirational drama.

• Lords Of Dogtown | UMD | (16/01/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

• The Killing Fields | Blu Ray | (27/02/2012) from £26.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A photographer is trapped in Cambodia during Pol Pot’s bloody cleansing campaign which claimed the lives of 2 million innocent civilians.

• Warm Spring (&quotNuan Chun"") | DVD | (20/10/2008) from £12.13   |  Saving you £0.86 (6.60%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A poor orphaned girl has escaped from her abusive foster parents and finds herself starved and barely conscious in a village of strangers. Only an infirm old man is willing to provide for her care. He is barely able to supply his own needs and so must endure the constant bitterness and betrayal from his son (Baozhu) and daughter-in-law (Jasmine) both now grown and trying unsuccessfully to start a family of their own. Xiao Hua tries desperately to fill this void for them but her innocence is rejected and hurt repeatedly by Jasmine's selfishness. The old man's only wish is to provide Xiao Hua a home and a bright future; he will do anything he could to deliver his promises. Finally the old man's kindness melts down all the boundaries and give Boauzhu and Jasmine a profound family.

• Great War Set | DVD | (28/01/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £31.99

  It began as a regional conflict and escalated into a war of Empires that covered the Earth. Compiled from the epic CBS News series collection is more than just the history of this global conflict it is also a photo album of the early twentieth century. Meet the men and machines that fought the war and witness the major battles and events of this colossal struggle that was one of histories most destructive conflicts.

• The Pianist | HD DVD | (11/12/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Nominated for 7 Academy Awards including Best Picture and winner of 3 The Pianist stars Oscar winner Adrien Brody in the true-life story of brilliant pianist and composer Wladyslaw Szpilman the most acclaimed young musician of his time until his promising career was interrupted by the onset of World War II. This powerful ultimately triumphant film follows Szpilman's heroic and inspirational journey of survival with the unlikely help from a sympathetic German officer. A truly unforgettable epic testifying to both the power of hope and the resiliency of the human spirit. The Pianist is a miraculous tale of survival masterfully brought to life by visionary filmmaker Roman Polanski in his most personal movie ever.

• Pure Race | DVD | (22/09/2008) from £9.89   |  Saving you £3.10 (23.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

  When friends Tony Anderson (Fred Hunting) and Carl Fields (Gregory C. Haynes) experience car trouble on their way home from college they unsuspectingly stumble upon a neo-Nazi militia. Before long Tony and Carl have become prey in a deadly game of cat and mouse and must overcome their own prejudice to survive. At the age of 21 Rocco DeVilliers (Flyboys) set out to make his first feature film on a meagre budget of 000 using his friends as actors and crew. Inspired by the ongoing racial tensions and underground militia groups that continue to capture the world's headlines the Director delivers an award-winning action packed roller-coaster ride that will have you on the edge of your seat from start to finish.

• East Is East | HD DVD | (31/03/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  George Khan proud Pakistani and chip shop owner rules his family with a rod of iron. He thinks he's raising his seven children to be respectable Pakistanis - but this is Salford in the North of England in 1971. For the seven kids of George Khan life is one long compromise. Tomboy Meenah prefers playing footie to wearing a sari hippie Saleem pretends to be studying engineering when he's really at art school heart throb Tariq has got a reputation as a local Casanova and Sajid hasn't even been circumcised yet! In the Khan's cramped terrace house with its scant indoor plumbing anarchy erupts on a daily basis. East is East is the hilarious story of what happens when two cultures collide within one family.

• The World Wars: The Complete History of WWI and WWII | DVD | (14/06/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Both comprehensive and intimate this collection is a survey of some of History's most critical engagements a broad collection of documentary programming that details the world-changing events of World War I and World War II including the battles and strategies the men and machines and the horror and heroism that marked these epic conflicts. Experience in WWI: The Great War the birth of the War to End All Wars and the tragic final day on November 11 when over 13 000 men died. In the four-year period from 1914-1918 the war was responsible for over 40 million casualties and over 20 million deaths. See the momentous triumphs and most bitter defeats of the second World War in Ultimate Collections World War II: The War In Europe And The Pacific an anthology of the most significant war of the 20th century featuring original archive footage interviews with military experts and historians and gripping re-enactments.

• Home Town Story | DVD | (12/02/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99