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• A Field In England | Blu Ray | (05/07/2013) from £7.99   |  Saving you £14.00 (175.22%)   |  RRP £21.99

  Fleeing from a battle in the English Civil War a small group of deserters are captured by an Alchemist and forced to aid him in his search for treasure he believes is buried in a nearby field. Crossing a vast mushroom circle which provides their first meal the group quickly descends into a chaos of arguments fighting and paranoia; and as it becomes clear that the treasure may be something other than gold they slowly become victim to the terrifying energies trapped inside the field. A psychedelic trip into magic and madness featuring Reece Shearsmith (The League of Gentlemen) and Michael Smiley (Kill List). Special Features: Audio Commentary with Ben Wheatley Andy Starke and Martin Pavey Interview with Ben Wheatley The Edit The Practice of Magic: Visual Effects Influences If Thoul’t Be Silent: Recording the Sound The World of the Field: Location Costume Cinematography: The Look of the Film Only Shadows: Acting Scoring the Field: Music Time Trailer Camera Tests Reel Journey of a Scene - Rushes First Assembly and Final Cut - Exclusive to Blu-ray Anatomy of a Scene - Exclusive to Blu-ray

• Them | DVD | (05/07/2013) from £18.99   |  Saving you £-1.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  An early entry in the 1950s cycle of creature-feature pictures, Them! is the one about hordes of ants mutated to a giant size by the first A-bomb test. An exciting, persuasive exercise in paranoid science fiction, it exhibits an interesting tension between cautious warning about irresponsible tampering with the atom and a Cold War vision of the authorities taking on extraordinary powers to combat a threat to the country. It begins as an eerie desert mystery, with New Mexico cop James Whitmore investigating disappearances and deaths: a mobile-home and a general store are crushed as if tanks have rolled over them, a shopkeeper is found dead of a huge injection of formic acid, quantities of sugar have been stolen (the film's sole straight-faced joke) and a catatonic little girl is shocked into shrieking "them, them!". FBI agent James Arness takes charge and a plaster-cast of a strange imprint summons a father and daughter investigative team from the Department of Agriculture, cherubic Edmond Gwenn and smart-suited Joan Taylor. Law-enforcement, military and scientific experts deduce the nature of the problem and take swift, decisive action to counteract the danger. Director Gordon Douglas stages several great monster-suspense scenes: a first encounter in a sandstorm, a venture into a poisoned nest, a glimpse of horror at sea, and a finale in the Los Angeles storm drains. On the DVD: Them! has the wonderful scarlet-lettered, shrieking title on an otherwise sharp-looking black and white print. An amusing newspaper-style menu uses original artwork from the lurid poster to showcase some interesting snippets of test or outtake footage of the big puppet ants in action, and there's a wonderfully overblown terror-trailer.--Kim Newman

• A Field In England | DVD | (05/07/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Fleeing from a battle in the English Civil War a small group of deserters are captured by an Alchemist and forced to aid him in his search for treasure he believes is buried in a nearby field. Crossing a vast mushroom circle which provides their first meal the group quickly descends into a chaos of arguments fighting and paranoia; and as it becomes clear that the treasure may be something other than gold they slowly become victim to the terrifying energies trapped inside the field. A psychedelic trip into magic and madness featuring Reece Shearsmith (The League of Gentlemen) and Michael Smiley (Kill List). Special Features: Audio Commentary with Ben Wheatley Andy Starke and Martin Pavey Interview with Ben Wheatley The Edit The Practice of Magic: Visual Effects Influences If Thoul’t Be Silent: Recording the Sound The World of the Field: Location Costume Cinematography: The Look of the Film Only Shadows: Acting Scoring the Field: Music Time Trailer Camera Tests Reel

• Mutiny On The Bounty | DVD | (05/07/2013) from £14.97   |  Saving you £3.02 (20.17%)   |  RRP £17.99

  1787. HMS Bounty sets out on a journey that will take it through perilous seas to a tropical paradise... and into history as one of the most ill-fated vessels ever to sail for King and country. Lewis Milestone (All Quiet On The Western Front) directed this color-drenched spectacular which was nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture. Filmed before in 1935 and again in 1984's The Bounty the gripping story centers on two men. Marlon Brando plays first officer Fletcher Christian as a dandy transformed into a man of action. Trevor Howard is Capt. Bligh uncompromising in his command or his cruelty. ""Fear is [my] best weapon "" Bligh proclaims. But it's also the most costly driving men to desperation and mutiny. Richard Harris Hugh Griffith and Richard Haydn also star in this epic adventure.