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• Youth Of The Beast | Blu Ray | (27/10/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Right on the heels of the riotous Go to Hell Bastards: Detective Bureau 2 3 Seijun Suzuki unleashed what would come to be seen as his true breakthrough the film that would cement the Suzuki sensibility: Youth of the Beast [Yajû no seishun]. A kaleidoscopic fantasia that contains youth and beast only insofar as 1963 pop/youth culture was that violently upstart thing — not unlike the yakuza? And so Youth of the Beast is a yakuza tale with a premise like Akira Kurosawa's Yôjinbô but denuded of an easy definition of which side is which. It stars Suzuki's iconic '60s regular Jô Shishido with his dare-you-to-call-them-out artificial cheek implants like new acting blasphemy. There are drug-addled whores gunfights in a new colour apocalypse and at least one alien landscape: the sudden mind-searing eruption of a sulphur yellow desert like an action -figure playset with overspill of unbridled lust... Suzuki's infectious go-for-broke energy is assisted by a telephoto lens that serves at once as phallus and yoni in the masterful Minnelli-worthy 'Scope framing. His film would go on to inspire John Woo's forthcoming remake titled Day of the Beast; Nikkatsu have in recent times deemed this movie one of their treasures. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Youth of the Beast in a Dual Format (Blu-ray + DVD) edition based on their new HD master. Bonus Features: New high-definition 1080p presentation of the film on the Blu-ray and progressive encode on the DVD. New and improved optional English subtitles 36-PAGE BOOKLET featuring a new essay by Frederick Veith and rare archival imagery

• Haywire | DVD | (21/05/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  This dynamic action-thriller directed by Oscar winner Steven Soderbergh boasts a talented cast including Ewan McGregor, Antonio Banderas, Michael Douglas, Channing Tatum, Michael Fassbender and Gina Carano.Mallory Kane (Carano) is a highly trained operative who works for a government security contractor in the dirtiest, most dangerous corners of the world. After successfully freeing a Chinese journalist held hostage, she is double crossed and left for dead by someone close to her in her own agency. Suddenly the target of skilled assassins who knew her every move, Mallory must find the truth in order to stay alive.

• THE CHAMPIONS | Blu Ray | (23/09/2024) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Eureka Entertainment to release THE CHAMPIONS, the kung-fu soccer comedy starring Yuen Biao. Presented in its worldwide debut on Blu-ray from a brand new 2K restoration. Available from 23 September 2024 as part of the Eureka Classics range, the first print run of 2000 copies only will exclusively feature a limited edition O-card slipcase, and a collector's booklet.Sports, action, and comedy collide in Golden Harvest's The Champions, the precursor to Shaolin Soccer from the first family of Hong Kong martial arts cinema: the inimitable Yuen Clan!Lee Tong (Yuen Biao, Dreadnaught) is a young farmer who has grown up in an isolated rural community. When an indiscretion lands him in hot water, he leaves his home in the countryside and heads for the big city - where he meets Suen (Cheung Kwok-keung, Eastern Condors), a street footballer who recognises Tong's talent for the beautiful game and encourages him to try out for a pro team. But Tong's first chance at footballing glory is scuppered by a rivalry with the narcissistic King (Dick Wei, Project A), who relegates the newcomer to cleaning up after his teammates. Having discovered a love for football, Tong soon accepts an offer to join a rival team - and the stage is set for a final confrontation with King on the pitch.Written and directed by Brandy Yuen (In the Line of Duty III) and featuring action choreography by Yuen Shun-yi (The Miracle Fighters) and Yuen Chun Yeung (Armour of God), The Champions is a sporting underdog story filtered through some of the greatest minds in the history of Hong Kong action cinema. Eureka Classics is proud to present the film on Blu-ray for the first time ever from a brand new 2K restoration!SPECIAL EDITION BLU-RAY FEATURES*:Limited edition O-card slipcase featuring new artwork by Darren Wheeling | 1080p HD presentation on Blu-ray from a brand new 2K restoration | Original Cantonese audio and optional English dub tracks (original mono presentations) | Optional English subtitles, newly translated for this release | Brand new audio commentary by East Asian film expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) | Brand new audio commentary by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema | Brand new featurette by CFK looking at the 1987 Hong Kong celebrity football team that featured a number of Hong Kong legends including Jackie Chan and Andy Lau | Andrew Heskins on The Champions - brand new interview with film critic Andrew Heskins (easternKicks) | Reversible sleeve featuring original poster artwork | Trailer | PLUS: A limited edition collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by critic James Oliver* All extras subject to change

• Falling Down | Blu Ray | (01/06/2009) from £7.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (150.19%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Freeways are clogged. Terror stalks our cities. At shops and restaurants the customer is seldom right. The pressures of big-city life can anger anyone. But Bill Foster is more than angry. He's out to get even. I'm going home Foster says as he abandons his grid-locked car on the hottest day of the year. Instead he walks straight into an urban nightmare by turns absurdly funny and shatteringly violent. Michael Douglas is Foster an ordinary guy at war with the frustrations of daily living. Robert Duvall is the savvy cop obsessed with stopping Foster's city-wide rampage. Falling Down is their story a spellbinding unconventional thriller that asks: are we falling apart?

• Star Wars - The Clone Wars - Series 1 - Complete | Blu Ray | (16/11/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Experience the full force Of Season One! Executive Producer George Lucas and Lucasfilm Animation present Star Wars: The Clone Wars The Complete Season One. As war rages through the galaxy the heroic Jedi including Yoda Anakin Skywalker Obi-Wan Kenobi and newcomer Ahsoka Tano fight to maintain order and restore peace. Meanwhile the Separatists led by Count Dooku his assassin Asajj Ventress and the evil General Grievous plot to defeat the Republic and gain control. Each episode takes you deeper into the universe introducing new characters and exploring new planets along theway. With groundbreaking computer-generated animation and epic storytelling this is a Star Wars adventure like never.

• The Girl Who Lept Through Time | Blu Ray | (12/12/2011) from £10.85   |  Saving you £9.14 (84.24%)   |  RRP £19.99

  There is a future that we can't wait for. What would you do if you could leap backward through time? When tomboyish 17 year old Makoto Konno gains this ability after an accident in her high school chemistry lab she immediately sets about improving her grades and preventing personal mishaps. Before long however she realizes that even innocuous changes can have terrible consequences. Changing the past is not as simple as it seems and eventually Makoto will have to rely on her new powers to shape the future for herself and her friends. Featuring brilliant character design by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (Neon Genesis Evangelion) and stunning art direction by long time Studio Ghibli. Nizo Yamamoto's The Girl Who Leapt Through TimeT is a feast for the eyes as well as the heart.

• The Condemned | DVD | (24/03/2008) from £5.37   |  Saving you £11.88 (289.05%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A condemned man must fight for survival against other condemned killers from all corners of the world.

• Virtuosity | DVD | (07/05/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  He's a composite of some 200 personalities each and every one a notorious killer. He's Sid 6.7 a virtual reality creation designed to put L.A. police officers to the test. But Sid isn't playing games anymore. He's escaped the bounds of cyberspace. And if you think he's unconquerable in the world of bits and bytes wait till you see what Sid has in store for a world of flesh and blood. Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe square off on opposite sides of the law and on both sides of

• Vikings - Season 4 Part 1 | DVD | (24/10/2016) from £7.95   |  Saving you £1.69 (21.26%)   |  RRP £9.64

  Vikings returns for a gripping fourth season. Season 3 culminated with the extraordinary battle in Paris, where Ragnar (Travis Fimmel) seized victory from the jaws of defeatbut still returns to Kattegat dangerously ill. Thoughts of his death galvanize the forces who seek to succeed him as king, including his wife Queen Aslaug (Alyssa Sutherland) and his oldest son, Bjorn (Alexander Ludwig). Meanwhile, Lagertha (Katheryn Winnick) continues power struggles with her calculating, former second in command, Kalf (Ben Robson); Rollo (Clive Standen) betrays his Vikings heritage by remaining in Frankia and Floki (Gustaf Skarsgård) is seized for his brutal actions to the Christian priest Athelstan.

• The Van Damme Cult Collection | Blu Ray | (28/03/2016) from £12.98   |  Saving you £12.01 (92.53%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A triple bill of action rampages featuring the Muscles from Brussels Black Eagle (1988) After an F11 gets shot down over the Mediterranean Sea, the U.S. Government cannot afford to lose the top-secret laser tracking device that was on board. Unfortunately, the KGB teams, led by the infamous Andrei (JCVD), are beating the CIA in the race to find it. The CIA has no choice but to call in their best man, master martial artist Ken Tani (Sho Kosugi), code name...Black Eagle. In response, the KGB resorts to an all-out war, with the powerful Andrei matching Ken blow for blow. A.W.O.L aka Lionheart (1990) Van Damme stars as a soldier drawn into the world of modern-day gladiators fighting for the amusement of the rich in this fast-moving action thriller. Upon receiving news that his brother in Los Angeles is seriously injured, Lyon Gaultier (Van Damme) deserts the French Foreign Legion from a remote outpost in North Africa. Death Warrant (1990) Jean-Claude Van Damme stars as maverick cop Lou Burke, the only lawman tough enough to go undercover in a prison recently plagued by suspicious deaths. Posing as a prisoner, Burke encounters brutal inmates, corrupt guards, death and betrayal at every turn. But when he unearths the shocking secret behind the penitentiary's inner workings, Burke must attempt a daring escape that pits him against not only hundreds of murderous inmates...but also a deadly enemy from his own past.

• Dr. No | Blu Ray | (17/04/2019) from £3.99   |  Saving you £14.00 (350.88%)   |  RRP £17.99

  His name is Bond, James Bond. And here, in his explosive film debut, Ian Fleming's immortal action hero blazes through one of his most spectacular adventures. Sean Connery embodies the suave yet lethal cool of Agent 007 as he battles the mysterious Dr. No, a scientific genius bent on destroying the U.S. space programme.

• Kick-Ass/Kick-Ass 2 | DVD | (09/12/2013) from £14.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (53.37%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Kick-AssWhen average teenager Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson) decides to take his obsession with comic books as inspiration to become a real-life superhero he chooses a new name - Kick Ass - assembles a suit and mask and gets to work fighting crime. There's only one problem - Kick Ass has absolutely no superpowers. His life is forever changed when he meets up with a pair of crazed vigilantes - an eleven year old sword-wielding dynamo Hit Girl (Chloë Moretz) and her father Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage) - and forges a friendship with another fledging superhero Red Mist (Chris Mintz-Plasse). But thanks to the scheming of a local mob boss Frank D'Amico (Mark Strong) this new alliance will soon be put to the test... Kick-Ass 2After Kick-Ass's (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) insane bravery inspires a new wave of self-made masked crusaders led by the badass Colonel Stars and Stripes (Jim Carrey) our hero joins them on patrol. When these amateur superheroes are hunted down by Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) - reborn as The MotherF!?ker - only the blade-wielding Hit Girl (Chloe Grace Moretz) can prevent their annihilation! Special Features: Kick-Ass It's on the Comic Book Origin of Kick-Ass Feature Commentary

• Nicolas Cage Boxset | DVD | (05/06/2017) from £6.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The ultimate Nicolas Cage Boxset including: DYING OF THE LIGHT DOG EAT DOG THE TRUST

• Two By Two | DVD | (24/08/2015) from £3.45   |  Saving you £16.54 (479.42%)   |  RRP £19.99

  With warnings of a flood sweeping the land, the animals travel to the safety of the Ark. Animals are boarding two by two - Lions, Gorillas, Hippos, Nestrians... Wait a minute, Nestrians?!

• Eraser | DVD | (29/03/1999) from £6.35   |  Saving you £7.64 (120.31%)   |  RRP £13.99

  If you're going to submit yourself to a dazzling example of mainstream action, this thriller is as good a choice as any. Eraser is a live-action cartoon, the kind of movie in which Arnold Schwarzenegger can survive nail bombs, hails of bullets, an attack by voracious alligators ("You're luggage," he says, after killing one of the beasts), and still emerge from the mayhem relatively intact. Arnold plays an "eraser" from the Federal Witness Protection Program, so named because he can virtually erase the existence of anyone he's been assigned to protect. His latest beneficiary is an FBI employee (Vanessa Williams) who stumbled across a secret government group involved in the sale and export of an advanced weapon capable of shooting rounds at nearly the speed of light. Fantastic action sequences are handled with flair by director Charles Russell (The Mask), so it's easy to forgive the fact that this movie is almost completely ridiculous. --Jeff Shannon

• Orca - The Killer Whale | DVD | (14/04/2014) from £9.79   |  Saving you £8.20 (83.76%)   |  RRP £17.99

  From Academy Award nominated director Michael Anderson (Around The World In Eighty Days) and screenwriter Luciano Vincenzoni (The Good The Bad and the Ugly) comes a gripping and terrifying tale of man versus beast. Starring screen legends Richard Harris (Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stones The Field) and Charlotte Rampling (Melancholia Swimming Pool) ORCA - The Killer Whale is a thrilling and ferocious action adventure of mythical proportions. Initially on the hunt for a great white shark the obsessive Captain Nolan (Harris) harpoons and kills a pregnant whale and her unborn foetus. Unbeknown to Nolan the atrocity was witnessed by her mate a gigantic Orca killer whale. Intent on revenge the Orca begins to terrorise the nearby fishing village on a rampage of death and destruction. Only Nolan can bring an end to the devastation. He must face his enemy from the deep in a deadly quest that will take him and his crew to the edge of earth and towards a destiny drenched in spilled blood.

• Dr No (Special Edition) | DVD | (03/11/2003) from £5.78   |  Saving you £9.21 (159.34%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Released in 1962, this first James Bond movie remains one of the best and serves as an entertaining reminder that the Bond series began (in keeping with Ian Fleming's novels) with a surprising lack of gadgetry and big-budget fireworks. Sean Connery was just 32 years old when he won the role of Agent 007. In his first adventure James Bond is called to Jamaica where a colleague and secretary have been mysteriously killed. With an American CIA agent (Jack Lord, pre-Hawaii Five-O), they discover that the nefarious Dr. No (Joseph Wiseman) is scheming to blackmail the US government with a device capable of deflecting and destroying US rockets launched from Cape Canaveral. Of course, Bond takes time off from his exploits to enjoy the company of a few gorgeous women, including the bikini-clad Ursula Andress. She gloriously kicks off the long-standing tradition of Bond women who know how to please their favourite secret agent. A sexist anachronism? Maybe, but this is Bond at his purest, kicking off a series of movies that shows no sign of slowing down. --Jeff ShannonEdition details Inside Dr. No (PG) Terence Young: Bond Vivant Audio commentary featuring director Terence Young and members of the cast and crew 1963 Dr No "featurette" Dr. No gallery of pictures Radio advertising Trailers for Dr. No, From Russia With Love and Goldfinger Goldfinger and Dr. No TV advertising On the DVD: "He was James Bond," remarks several interviewees of the late Terence Young, the suave, globetrotting, hard-living director who played a major role in defining the look, humour and tailoring of the Bond movies, making the extras on this DVD something of a cinematic festschrift to his talents. Since this was the first film in the franchise, the "making of" featurette goes into some detail about the Ian Fleming novels and how Sean Connery came to be cast, and made-over, by Young. The featurette also has excerpts from one Young's last interviews, spliced together with observations from his daughter, Ursula Andress (Honey Rider) and many of the other actors, production-designer Ken Adam, composer Monty Norman and host of other talents who took part in the making of the film. Many of their quotes are integrated into the commentary track. Also included is an amusing black and white doc from 1963 narrated by a podgy guy with specs who appears to be cousin of Harry Enfield's Mr. Cholmondley-Warner. --Leslie Felperin

• Sin City 2: A Dame To Kill For | DVD | (15/12/2014) from £5.19   |  Saving you £14.80 (285.16%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Co-directors Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez reunite to bring Miller's visually stunning Sin City graphic novels back to the screen in 3D in FRANK MILLER’S SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR. In a town where justice doesn't prevail the desperate want vengeance and ruthless murderers find themselves with vigilantes on their heels. Their paths cross in Sin City’s famous Kadie's Club Pecos. The film opens with fan-favorite “Just Another Saturday Night ” when Marv (Mickey Rourke) finds himself in the center of carnage as he tries to remember the preceding events. “The Long Bad Night” tells the tale of Johnny a cocky young gambler (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) taking his chances with the biggest villain in Sin City Senator Roark (Powers Boothe). The central story Miller’s acclaimed A Dame To Kill For features Dwight McCarthy (Josh Brolin) in his final confrontation with the woman of his dreams and nightmares Ava Lord (Eva Green). “Nancy’s Last Dance follows Nancy Callahan (Jessica Alba) in the wake of John Hartigan’s (Bruce Willis) selfless suicide. Driven insane by grief and rage she will stop at nothing to get revenge.

• Batman: The Dark Knight Returns - Part 2 | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £6.45   |  Saving you £5.54 (46.20%)   |  RRP £11.99

  The Dark Knight along with new sidekick Robin have finally reclaimed Gotham City and allowed a ray of hope to penetrate the reign of terror that The Mutants had cast upon his city. With Batman back in the spotlight the extended media coverage has awoken a far worse evil at Arkham Asylum The Joker! Forever destined to be mortal enemies The Joker has a diabolical scheme that may pull Batman down to the darkest levels of insanity. While on the horizon a global catastrophe races towards Gotham and with it comes a familiar face The Man of Steel though this time he has Batman in his sights.

• Slow West | DVD | (02/11/2015) from £4.00   |  Saving you £15.99 (399.75%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Starring Michael Fassbender (X-Men: Days of Future Past 12 Years a Slave) and Kodi Smith-McPhee (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) SLOW WEST follows the story of 16-year-old Jay Cavendish (Smit-McPhee) as he journeys across the American frontier at the end of the 19th century in search of the woman he loves. Along the way he is joined by Silas (Fassbender) a mysterious traveller with his own agenda and is hotly pursued by an outlaw named Payne (Mendelsohn). Directed by John Mclean SLOW WEST also stars Ben Mendelsohn (Exodus: Gods and Kings) Caren Pistorius (The Light Between Oceans) and Rory McCann (Game of Thrones).