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• Catherine Cookson - The Cinder Path | DVD | (23/07/2007) from £4.75   |  Saving you £0.24 (5.05%)   |  RRP £4.99

  A year before the outbreak of the First World War Charlie MacFell returns from university to Northumberland to visit the farm where he spent an unhappy childhood and where his brutal father would subject young farm hands to vicious beatings on the hot cinder path. Marriage to the beautiful but adulterous Victoria Chapman turns out to be a further humiliation for Charlie but when he joins the army he discovers amongst the horrors of the Western Front a strength he never knew exist

• The Slipper And The Rose | DVD | (16/08/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  You know the story: Cinderella rides in a magical pumpkin to the ball, enchants the prince and flees at midnight. He finds her slipper and tracks her down, and they live happily ever after. But wait! In The Slipper and the Rose, it turns out there's more to the life of a prince than being charming. The king prefers to choose the prince's wife, one of proper social station who would provide a strong political alliance to ward off the kingdom's enemies. That's one of the twists in this 1976 British take on the classic fairy tale, one of a long line of musical versions. The disgruntled prince, who's as much of a focal point here as the lady with the footwear, is played by Richard Chamberlain, during the years when he was taking on the classics and had not yet been crowned king of the TV mini-series. He displays a pleasant voice opposite Gemma Craven as Cinderella, and veteran character actor Michael Hordern as the king leads the supporting ensemble. Add lavish sets and lush scenery (partially filmed in Austria), humour, fun choreography, and an Oscar-nominated score full of charming songs by Richard M. and Robert B. Sherman (veterans of such Disney movies as Mary Poppins and The Jungle Book, and who also co-wrote the script with director Bryan Forbes), and you have a grand, engaging family musical. The 143-minute running time and dreamy, deliberate pace might test the patience of antsy viewers, but The Slipper and the Rose's legion of fans wouldn't have it any other way. --David Horiuchi, Amazon.com

• All Quiet on the Western Front | Blu Ray | (10/09/2012) from £7.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (87.61%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Unlike most message films which date themselves almost immediately, Lewis Milestone's low-key unpolished and deeply-felt screen adaptation of the Erich Maria Remarque anti-war novel has lost little of its original impact. Years after its release it was still being banned in countries mobilising for war. The plot follows a group of young German recruits in World War I through their passage from idealism to disillusionment. As the central character Paul Baumer (Lew Ayres) declares, We live in the trenches and we fight. We try not to be killed - that's all. All Quiet On The Western Front is an anthology of now famous scenes: Ayres trapped in a shell crater with a man he has killed; the first meeting of the recruits and the veterans; infantrymen being mowed down to machine-gun visual rhythms; a moonlight swim with French farm girls; Ayres' pacifist speech to his astonished schoolmates; and the final shot of the soldier's hand reaching for the butterfly.

• Bloodsport 4K & Blu-Ray Mediabook (Artwork A) | Blu Ray | (21/08/2023) from £42.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The cult film with martial arts legend Jean-Claude Van Damme now in a newly restored version. In his youth, American Frank Dux (Jean-Claude Van Damme) was taught the art of ninjitsu by Japanese martial arts master Senzo Tanaka. When he finds out Tanaka is dying, Dux travels to Hong Kong in his honor to participate in the Kumite - a secret full-contact competition in which fighters from all over the world put their lives on the line. He has only one goal in mind; to leave the arena as the winner Product Features 2-disc Limited Collector's Edition with film in 4k Ultra HD with Dolby Vision for the FIRST TIME EVER WORLDWIDE and these exciting Bonus Features: An Uppercut Into the Action Movie A-List A Knock out Interview with Jean-Claude Van Damme Blood Writes Writing a Cannon Classic with Sheldon Lettich; Wham! Bam! Thank You, Van Damme! - Back in The Ring with Director of Photography David Worth A Sporting Chance Blood, Sweat, and Stunts with Paulo Tocha Tunes to Tap Out to The Music of Paul Hertzog Audio Commentary with Sheldon Lettich, Paulo Tocha and James Bennett Theatrical Trailer 24-page Booklet

• Intimacy | DVD | (03/06/2002) from £7.44   |  Saving you £5.55 (74.60%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Adapted from the short stories of acclaimed writer Hanif Kureishi, Intimacy is an intelligent, thought provoking and frank adult drama about relationships, jealousy and the inability to love.

• All Quiet On The Western Front | DVD | (05/05/2008) from £8.65   |  Saving you £1.34 (15.49%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A devastating story of war and a generation destroyed. In 1914 a group of German schoolboys idealistic and inflamed with youthful patriotism set off to fight in the ""glorious"" war. During their brutal basic training disenchantment begins. Then boarding a train for the front they see the wounded being rushed back to the hospitals and they begin to grasp the grim reality of war. On their first night in action they come under heavy attack. In the trenches they begin to fall. Thei

• The Smoking Room - Series 1 & 2 Box Set | DVD | (16/10/2006) from £13.89   |  Saving you £16.10 (115.91%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The Smoking Room continues the rich vein of comedy that's being shown on BBC3 - fast becoming the channel for British comedy. In the world of work there is only one place where seniority counts for nothing where shop-talk is banned and where the last bastions against fresh air and desk-based massage gather regularly to discuss the minutiae of their lives: the smoking room. Here in this protected environment crossword addict Barry; lazy chav lothario Clint; self-obsessed cigarette-pinching Annie; and lovelorn skiver Robin; nurse that last ciggie and are always ready to ask ""have you got time for another?"" Features the complete first and second series. Episode Listing - Series 1: 1. Do De Dum De Da 2. R.I.P. 3. Pantball 4. Light My Fire 5. Chocolate Box 6. Feeding Time 7. Only Temporary 8. Happy Birthday 9. Christmas Special Series 2: 1. Buzz 2. No Place Like Home 3. 1987 4. Smashed 5. Pity The Fool 6. Quitters 7. Last Night A Graphic Designer Saved My Life 8. Significant Others

• Bloodsport 4K & Blu-Ray Mediabook (Artwork B) | Blu Ray | (21/08/2023) from £42.29   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The cult film with martial arts legend Jean-Claude Van Damme now in a newly restored version. In his youth, American Frank Dux (Jean-Claude Van Damme) was taught the art of ninjitsu by Japanese martial arts master Senzo Tanaka. When he finds out Tanaka is dying, Dux travels to Hong Kong in his honor to participate in the Kumite - a secret full-contact competition in which fighters from all over the world put their lives on the line. He has only one goal in mind; to leave the arena as the winner Product Features 2-disc Limited Collector's Edition with film in 4k Ultra HD with Dolby Vision for the FIRST TIME EVER WORLDWIDE and these exciting Bonus Features: An Uppercut Into the Action Movie A-List - A Knock out Interview with Jean-Claude Van Damme Blood Writes - Writing a Cannon Classic with Sheldon Lettich; Wham! Bam! Thank You, Van Damme! - Back in The Ring with Director of Photography David Worth A Sporting Chance - Blood, Sweat, and Stunts with Paulo Tocha Tunes to Tap Out to - The Music of Paul Hertzog Audio Commentary with Sheldon Lettich, Paulo Tocha and James Bennett Theatrical Trailer 24-page Booklet

• First Man Into Space | DVD | (24/08/2015) from £8.75   |  Saving you £4.24 (48.46%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Classic science-fiction from the golden age of 1950's cinema in this Robert Day directed tale of alien life forms! In this cautionary tale of interstellar exploration, brash U.S. Navy test pilot, Lieutenant Dan Prescott (Bill Edwards), hungry for fame, rockets himself beyond Earth's atmosphere on test flight Y-13, only to become encrusted with cosmic dust and return to earth as a blood-drinking monster... Produced by one of the most respected British film producers, Richard Gordon (Devil Doll, Grip of the Strangler, Tower of Evil), this early tale of space exploration has been remastered and restored by the BFI and will delight all fans of the science-fiction genre.

• The Smoking Room - Series 2 | DVD | (16/10/2006) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-6.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In the world of work there is only one place where seniority counts for nothing where shop-talk is banned and where the last bastions against fresh air and desk-based massage gather regularly to discuss the minutiae of their lives: the smoking room. The complete second series of BBC3's The Smoking Room. Episode Listing: 1. Buzz 2. No Place Like Home 3. 1987 4. Smashed 5. Pity The Fool 6. Quitters 7. Last Night A Graphic Designer Saved My Life 8. Significant Others

• Cotswolds with Pam Ayres: Series 1 & 2 | DVD | (02/10/2023) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Barney - Land Of Make Believe | DVD | (31/10/2005) from £7.90   |  Saving you £5.09 (39.20%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Barney - Land Of Make Believe - Special

• Holiday (1938) | Blu Ray | (13/01/2020) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Two years before stars KATHARINE HEPBURN (The African Queen) and CARY GRANT (North by Northwest) and director GEORGE CUKOR (My Fair Lady) would collaborate on The Philadelphia Story, they brought their timeless talents to this delectable slice of 1930s romantic-comedy perfection, the second film adaptation of a hit 1928 play by PHILIP BARRY. Grant is at his charismatic best as the acrobatically inclined free spirit who, following a whirlwind engagement, literally tumbles into the lives of his fiancée's aristocratic familysetting up a clash of values with her staid father while firing the rebellious imagination of her brash, black-sheep sister (Hepburn). With a sparkling surface and an undercurrent of melancholy, Holiday is an enchanting ode to nonconformists and pie-in-the-sky dreamers everywhere, as well as a thoughtful reflection on what it truly means to live well. Special Edition Features New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray Holiday (1930), a previous adaptation of Philip Barry's play, directed by Edward H. Griffith New conversation between filmmaker and distributor Michael Schlesinger and film critic Michael Sragow Audio excerpts from an American Film Institute oral history with director George Cukor, recorded in 1970 and '71 Costume gallery PLUS: An essay by critic Dana Stevens

• Blue Smoke | DVD | (29/10/2007) from £5.38   |  Saving you £10.61 (197.21%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Fascinated by arson since her family's pizzeria burned to the ground when she was a little girl Reena has become a crack investigator. A visit home however brings a psycho out of the woodwork and now she must solve the case before anyone else is hurt. Based on Nora Roberts novel.

• Holiday | DVD | (06/03/2006) from £9.05   |  Saving you £0.94 (10.39%)   |  RRP £9.99

  An iconoclastic young man (Cary Grant) who's engaged to a snooty heiress (Doris Nolan) discovers he's really in love with his fiance's down-to-earth sister (Katharine Hepburn) in director George Cukor's stylish comedy...

• The Smoking Room: Series 1 | DVD | (06/02/2006) from £5.35   |  Saving you £14.64 (273.64%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Smoking Room continues the rich vein of comedy that's being shown on BBC3 - fast becoming the channel for British comedy. In the world of work there is only one place where seniority counts for nothing where shop-talk is banned and where the last bastions against fresh air and desk-based massage gather regularly to discuss the minutiae of their lives: the smoking room. Here in this protected environment crossword addict Barry; lazy chav lothario Clint;

• The Burning (Collector's Edition) | Blu Ray | (11/07/2023) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• From Beyond The Grave | DVD | (15/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  From Beyond the Grave is an anthology film adapted from four short stories by R. Chetwynd-Hayes, strung together under the pretext of an antique dealer who owns a shop called Temptations Ltd. and the fate that befalls his customers who try to cheat him. First up is "The Gate Crasher" with David Warner who frees an evil entity from an antique mirror; then "An Act of Kindness" featuring Donald Pleasence; followed by "The Elemental;" and "The Door." From Beyond The Grave was the directorial debut of Kevin Connor who would go onto become a modest name in genre cinema. It was actually one of Connor's best films and he demonstrates exceptional directorial style. Particularly good are the seance scenes in the first episode where Connor conducts some inventive 360-degree pan shots with a candle that explodes between a flickering flame and a jet in the foreground. The murders in this segment are vividly staged, with Connor creating some marvelously sinister images of David Warner standing about in bloodstained clothes and a totally wrecked apartment. --Sally Giles

• The Burning Dual-Format Blu-ray & DVD SteelBook | Blu Ray | (10/10/2016) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-1.99 (-8.00%)   |  RRP £24.99

  GATHER AROUND THE CAMPFIRE TO DIE! Of all the many slice-and-dice films that emerged in the early '80s, few remain as gruesomely effective as The Burning the notorious video nasty now finally unleashed on Blu-ray! When an ill-advised prank misfires, summer camp caretaker Cropsy is committed to hospital with severe burns. Released after five years, hospital officials warn him not to blame the young campers who caused his hideous disfigurement. But no sooner is Cropsy back on the streets than he's headed back to camp with a rusty pair of shears in hand, determined to exact his bloody revenge With standout gore effects courtesy of FX legend Tom Savini, The Burning proved too shocking for UK censors upon its original video release. Now, fully uncut and in High Definition, The Burning is ready to reclaim its place as the ultimate summer camp nightmare. LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS Limited Edition SteelBook packaging (4000 copies) High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations Original mono audio (uncompressed PCM on the Blu-ray) Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Audio commentary with director Tony Maylam and critic Alan Jones Audio commentary with stars Shelley Bruce and Bonnie Deroski Brand new audio commentary with The Hysteria Continues Blood ˜n' Fire Memories a detailed look at the creation of the film's make-up effects with special effects artist Tom Savini Slash & Cut an interview with editor Jack Sholder Cropsy Speaks an interview with actor Lou David Summer Camp Nightmare an interview with actress Leah Ayres Brand new interview with composer Rick Wakeman Behind-the-Scenes Footage Theatrical Trailer Make-Up Effects Still Gallery Poster & Still Gallery

• A Night To Remember | DVD | (19/06/2007) from £5.49   |  Saving you £14.50 (264.12%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Two years after 20th Century Fox released its melodramatic disaster film Titanic in 1953, Walter Lord's meticulously researched book A Night to Remember surprised its publishers by becoming a phenomenal bestseller. Lord had an intuition that readers craved the reality of the Titanic disaster and not the romantically mythologised translations (like Fox's film, starring Barbara Stanwyck), which relied on fictional characters to "enhance" the world's worst maritime disaster. Lord's book proved that the truth was far more compelling than fiction, outlining the many "if onlys" (if only the iceberg had been spotted a few minutes earlier, etc.) that lent sombre irony to the loss of 1,500 Titanic passengers. Three years after Lord's book appeared, it was brought to the screen with the kind of riveting authenticity that Lord had insisted upon in his own research. The 1958 British production of A Night to Remember remains a definitive dramatization of the disaster, adhering to the known facts of the time and achieving a documentary-like immediacy that matches (and in some ways surpasses) the James Cameron epic released 39 years later. The film erroneously perpetuates the once-common belief that the Titanic sunk in one piece (instead of breaking in half as its bow began to plunge), but many other misconceptions are accurately corrected, and the intelligent screenplay by thriller master Eric Ambler is a model of factual suspense. By making Titanic the star of the film, director Roy Baker emphasises the excessive confidence of the booming industrial age and creates an intense you-are-there realism that pays tribute to Walter Lord's tenacious quest for truth. --Jeff Shannon