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• Bhaji On The Beach | DVD | (16/06/2003) from £10.70   |  Saving you £-0.71 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Bhaji on the Beach is the directorial debut of Gurinda Chadha, which--like her next film, What's Cooking--features women as the central characters and seems to involve food at every turn. It's an ensemble piece, which takes a while to establish the characters' relationships with each other. But eventually the focus of the film--based on a story by Meera Syal--gets distilled to a group of women taken on a day trip to Blackpool by a progressive thinking "sister". The skies are suitably grey as they arrive in the English resort town, with the amusement arcades, takeaways and shop fronts looking tacky and run down. There's Ginder (Kim Vithana), who has run away from her violent husband, Hashida (Sarita Khajuria), who has a major decision to make and conservative aunties Asha (Lalita Ahmed) and Pushpa (Zohra Sehgal), not to mention youngsters Ladhu (Nisha K Nayar) and Madhu (Renu Kochar) who are just along for the excitement. As the day wears on, tension mounts between the different generations as secrets come out into the open. It matters little that the plot feels a touch contrived--particularly the convergence of significant characters towards the end--as there's a lot of energy in the performances. The result is a bit rough around the edges, but there's a lot to amuse here, not least in the colourful nod to Bollywood contained in Asha's many dream sequences. --Emma Perry

• Krrish | DVD | (28/08/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £21.99

  Krishna (Hrithik Roshan) is born with magical powers - a legacy from his father Rohit Mehra. Priya (Priyanka Chopra) comes into his life and becomes his world. When she beckons him to Singapore he follows. In Singapore Dr. Siddhant Arya (Naseeruddin Shah) the megalomaniac scientist is on the verge of changing the future forever. Only one man stands between Dr. Siddharth and his destructive dreams...To block his ruthless ambitions Krishna must become Krrish!

• Honeymoon | DVD | (26/09/2016) from £5.95   |  Saving you £7.04 (118.32%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Jorge, an eccentric and lonely medical doctor, kidnaps Isabel, his neighbor, in an apparent effort to submit her to a classical conditioning experiment to make her his woman; but appearances often hide a more terrifying truth. Honeymoon is a story about an obsession, the story of a man willing to do anything to make a young woman to love him unconditionally.

• Ae Fond Kiss | DVD | (11/07/2005) from £8.75   |  Saving you £-1.76 (-25.20%)   |  RRP £6.99

  When a second generation Pakistani falls in love with a Catholic girl in his home town of Glasgow, sparks fly as cultures clash in the new movie from "Sweet Sixteen" director Ken Loach.

• Dawn Of The Mummy | DVD | (24/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Deep in the heart of ancient Egypt the mummified corpse of a pharaoh is put to rest and a curse is placed upon anyone unfortunate enough to disturb the tomb. Jump to the present day and a group of New York models and photographers are in Egypt looking for a unique location to serve as a suitable backdrop for a fashion shoot. When the group comes across a band of grave robbers who have unearthed a previously undiscovered tomb they decide to hold the shoot there. Setting up their e

• The Jerky Boys | DVD | (08/03/2004) from £6.46   |  Saving you £8.53 (56.90%)   |  RRP £14.99

  When a former high school classmate brags about his mob connections the Jerky Boys -- a pair of thirtysomething slackers who pride themselves on devious prank phone calls -- decide to have a little fun in the mafia underworld. However when a cop mistakes the Jerky Boys for actual hit men their innocent game causes more trouble than they would've ever imagined.

• The Element Of Crime | DVD | (29/07/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Way, way before he dreamt up his famous Dogme manifesto, Lars von Trier launched his feature-film career with The Element of Crime and proved that, 400 years after Hamlet, the Danes can still do melancholy like nobody else. Less a film noir than a film jaune sale, this ultra-enigmatic thriller is shot entirely in tones of grimy sepia in a world where nightfall seems to be an unceasing condition. A police detective, Fisher (Michael Elphick), is summoned from Cairo to "Europe" (the location never gets any more specific than that) to investigate a series of gory child-murders. He comes to suspect that the killer may be a mysterious character called Harry Grey and sets out to retrace Grey's movements. The film takes its title from a treatise written by Fisher's old mentor Osborne (Welsh actor Esmond Knight, a veteran of Powell and Pressburger's films), but it might as well refer to water. Von Trier conjures up a world not only permanently benighted, but dank, sodden and dripping both indoors and out, cluttered with mouldy, antiquated industrial machinery. There are echoes (or pre-echoes) here of half-a-dozen other movies--Blade Runner, City of Lost Children, Tarkovsky's Stalker, Welles' The Trial--and at times it feels as though von Trier has just set out to show he can do art house as well as anybody and possibly better. The plot makes no sense whatever and clearly isn't meant to, and Elphick's bemused expression, one suspects, derives from the actor as much as from the character he's playing. As always with von Trier you can't help wondering if whole thing isn't an elaborate put-on, especially since the director himself shows up, epicene and shaven-headed, playing a personage called "Schmuck of Ages". But what it lacks in coherence (either narrative or visual) Element of Crime makes up for in atmosphere, which it has, literally, by the bucketful. This release, incidentally, is the English-language version. --Philip Kemp

• Trishna | Blu Ray | (09/07/2012) from £12.13   |  Saving you £7.86 (64.80%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on Thomas Hardy's classic novel Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Trishna is a beautifully shot, classic tale of love and tragedy set across modern day rural Rajasthan and the thriving metropolis of Mumbai.Trishna (Freida Pinto) meets a wealthy young British businessman, Jay Singh (Riz Ahmed), who has come to India to work in his father's hotel business. After an accident destroys her father's Jeep, Trishna goes to work for Jay, and they fall in love. But despite their feelings for each other, their relationship must remain a secret due to the conflicting pressures of a rural society which is changing rapidly through industrialisation, urbanisation and, above all, education.Their problems seem to be solved when Jay takes Trishna to an exciting new world of dance, vibrant life and possibilities - Mumbai. But Trishna harbours a dark secret that threatens the very heart of their love affair, and inequalities remain at the centre of their relationship that will lead her to question Jay's intentions towards her.

• Bradford Riots | DVD | (08/05/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Bradford Riots is a powerful and timely film from first-time writer/director Neil Biswas about Karim a student caught up in the 2001 race riots. On 7th July 2001 the Manningham area of Bradford experienced what has been described as the worst rioting in mainland Britain for 20 years. The riots erupted after weeks of tension fermented by the activities and threats of the National Front and BNP - an organisation that continues to win a large number of votes in council electio

• Wild West | DVD | (16/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The story of a struggling rock band, 1992's Wild West suffered comparisons with The Commitments, which was released the year before. There similarities end, however, since the Honky Tonk Cowboys are made up of four Pakistani brothers from the West London suburb of Southall. There's tumbleweed in the street, saloon doors at home and barroom brawls at the Asian Rising Stars Talent Contest. Eldest brother Zaf (Naveen Andrews) looks the part in a ten-gallon hat and fringe jacket, but the mongrel neighbourhood is a long way from the Nashville the brother's dream about. Dogged by gangland thugs and the well-meant pursuit of traditional values from their poor mother (Lalita Ahmed), they stumble from one danger to another. The worst comes in the form of the beautiful Rifat (Sarita Choudhury), who steals Zaf's heart and the band's hopes of stardom with "Wild West Records". The film was written by then 29-year-old Harwant Bains, who grew up in Southall in a family of Punjabi background. It's clearly a flight of personal fancy rooted in an environment harshly observed. If the petty crime sits uncomfortably with the love story there's always the considerately compiled soundtrack to smooth away the suburb's rough edges. --Paul Tonks

• Guru In Seven | DVD | (28/07/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Shot entirely on location in London Brighton Paris and Bombay with snappy editing a blistering east/west soundtrack and prowling camerawork - Guru in Seven is sharply observed raw real and as 'un-PC as it gets. With support from Saeed Jaffrey Jacqueline Pearce and Antony Zaki the film stars a cast of hugely talented young British actors and features an astonishing debut from Nitin Chandra Ganatra as 'Sanjay' in a role reminiscent of a young Michael Caine in ALFIE. FAST FRESH AND FUNNY... A RAW SEXY TALE WITH A TWIST - LOADED FUNNY AND RUDE...UNMISSABLE - THE SUN A 200 MPH ROMP...A VERY FUNNY MOVIE - NME ***** - EMPIRE ***** - UNCUT

• Broken Arrow / Speed / The Siege | DVD | (15/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Broken Arrow: When a Stealth Bomber crashes in the Utah desert during a top-secret test run the military quickly moves in to retrieve its two broken arrows. But the situation spins wildly out of control after one of the pilots reveals the crash to be part of an incredible nuclear extortion plot! Speed: Hold on tight for a rush of pulse-pounding thrills breathtaking stunts and unexpected romance in a film you'll want to see again and again. Keanu Reeves stars as Jack Traven an LAPD Swat team specialist who is sent to defuse a bomb that a revenge-driven extortionist (Dennis Hopper) has planted on a bus. But until he does Jack and passenger Sandra Bullock must keep the bus speeding through the streets of Los Angeles at more than 50 miles an hour - or the bomb will explode! The Siege: When a crowded city bus blows up in Brooklyn and a campaign of terror begins to make its bloody mark on the streets of New York it's up to FBI special agent Anthony Hub Hubbard (Washington) and U.S. Army General William Devereaux (Willis) to find out who's responsible and put an end to the destruction. Together they face explosive danger at every turn when they team up to a wage an all-out war against a ruthless band of terrorists.

• Dil Chahta Hai | DVD | (26/05/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

• Border | DVD | (14/08/2017) from £6.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The Syrian war has so far caused up to 40,000 deaths and 4.8 million refugees who have fled to Libya, Turkey and Jordan. This film is based on a true story. Aya and Fatima are two sisters who live in a small village in the North of Syria, in the epicenter of the fighting between pólice and shabiha, the regime s militia. One day Muhammad, a messenger of Fatima s husband Shady, pays a visit. Having been part of the military for years, Shady has recently deserted and join the rebels of the Syrian Free Army. The consequence of this decision is the vendetta of the Secret Service and shabiha on Shady and his family. The only chance to survive which Aya and Fatima have is to cross the Turkish border, seek refuge and wait for Shady to join them. They leave in haste with few belongings accompanied by Farid, a friend of Muhammad, who will escort them by car to the border. The problems to cross the border are numerous and many people who have tried such a feat, never made it alive. Their trip complicates further, when Farid decides to give a lift to Bilal, a man with a mysterious past and keen to escape Syria. The sister s relationship with Bilal is tense and they cannot trust anyone. The situation worsens following the death of Farid. They cannot travel by themselves because only united they will be able to cross the border and find freedom.

• Man Push Cart | DVD | (05/02/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A Pakistani immigrant wonders if he will ever escape his fate in this New York drama.

• Glories of Islamic Art | DVD | (17/05/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Glories of Islamic Art (3 discs x 45') This series celebrates the glorious heritage of Islamic artists and architects. It explains the close connection between the architectural splendor and the religious message of Islam. Combining travelogue with compelling story-telling, the programme is highly accessible to a broad audience. The spirit of this programme, presented by Professor Akbar Ahmed, is to embrace trust and shared values between Islam, Judaism and Christianity DVD-R: This title is manufactured-on-demand when ordered from The Canny Store using the highest quality DVD-R discs.

• Monsoon Wedding/East Is East/Bhaji on the Beach | DVD | (29/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Bhaji On The Beach: A day trip to Blackpool to 'sea' the lights a harmless break from the routine for a minibus full of women from the Asian Women’s Centre. It all seems innocent enough but as the minibus trundles along to a Punjabi rendition of Cliff Richard’s Summer Holiday problems quickly become apparent. Ginder is fleeing her violent husband with her five-year-old son. Hashida is eighteen about to start medical school and has just discovered she is pregnant by her black boyfriend.... Monsoon Wedding: An exuberant drama set in New Delhi where ancient culture and dot.com modernity combine in unique and perfect harmony. The film traces five intersecting stories each navigating different aspects of love as they cross boundaries of class continent and morality. The plot centres around the last minute arranged marriage which joins together the Verma family from all around the world. The family re-unites in New Delhi to join in the celebrations with the bride and groom-to-be. The relentless summer heat mirrors the story's building intensity as the city anticipates the cooling torrent of the monsoons and when the rains come the downpour brings romance revelation and liberation. East Is East: 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.

• Century Of Warfare (REGION 1) | DVD | (22/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £37.99

  The history of the United States at war in the 20th century. Disc 1: World War 1 World War 2 1939-1943 Disc 2: World War 2 1943-1945 The Korean War Disc 3: The Vietnam War Operation Desert Storm

• Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show | DVD | (30/06/2008) from £5.21   |  Saving you £17.77 (800.45%)   |  RRP £19.99

  30 Days And 30 Nights - Hollywood To The Heartland Hit the road with Vince Vaugn as he takes on America's heartland with the wildest comedy tour of all time. Friends like Justin Long Jon Favreau and Dwight Yoakam join Vince and four of today's brightest comics for a 30 city 30 night laughfest where the comedy doesn't stop. So hitch a ride on the tour bus and go behind the scenes - it's a party you'll never forget.

• Zero - An Investigation Into 9/11 | DVD | (16/02/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  ZERO: An Investigation into 9/11 has one central thesis - that the official version of events surrounding the attacks on 9/11 can not be true. This brand new feature documentary from Italian production company Telemaco explores the latest scientific evidence and reveals dramatic new witness testimony which directly conflicts with the US Governments account.