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• F/X & F/X 2: The Grande Illusion Limited Edition Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (14/04/2025) from £24.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In the 1980s special make-up effects artists became stars, pushing the boundaries of what could be shown on screen as audiences around the world reacted with shock and delight. No surprise then that sooner or later they'd get a movie that made them the hero. In F/X: Murder by Illusion, Rollie Tyler (Bryan Brown) is a special effects genius approached by the Department of Justice to fake the death of a gangster about to turn state's evidence. But all is not as it seems. Now someone is trying to kill Rollie, and grizzled cop Leo McCarthy (Brian Dennehy) suspects him of murder. Unable to turn to the police, Rollie goes on the run with only his wits and his special effects expertise to save him. F/X was a smash-hit and a sequel was inevitable. Under the auspices of ace Australian director Richard Franklin (Psycho II), F/X 2: The Deadly Art of Illusion sees Rollie convinced, against his better judgement, to once again use his expertise beyond the silver screen, this time helping to trap a murderer as part of an NYPD sting. When lightning strikes twice and things go wrong, Rollie, his girlfriend Kim (Rachel Ticotin) and her young son Chris are all plunged into danger; only with Leo's help can Rollie keep them safe. Beloved by a generation of movie fans and featuring two of the most charismatic character actors ever to grace the screen in Brown and Dennehy, F/X and F/X 2 are the kind of charming action-thrillers they just don't seem to be making anymore. Step back into a world of grande illusions! 2-DISC LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS ¢ High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentations of F/X and F/X 2 ¢ Original lossless stereo audio ¢ Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing ¢ 60-page perfect bound collector's book featuring new writing by film critics Guy Adams, Clem Bastow, William Bibbiani and Priscilla Page ¢ Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Nathanael Marsh ¢ Double-sided fold out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Nathanael Marsh ¢ Stickers for the films of Rollie Tyler DISC 1 - F/X: MURDER BY ILLUSION ¢ New commentary by film critic Mike White of the Projection Booth Podcast ¢ New commentary by Dan Martin of 13 Finger FX and filmmaker Jennifer Handorf ¢ The FX of F/X, a new interview with make-up effects supervisor Carl Fullerton ¢ F/X Illusions, a new visual essay by film critic Heather Wixson, author of Monsters, Make-up & Effects ¢ Murder by Illusion, an archive interview with director Robert Mandel ¢ The Making of F/X, an archive featurette ¢ Theatrical trailer ¢ Image gallery DISC 2 - F/X 2: THE DEADLY ART OF ILLUSION ¢ New commentary by Dan Martin of 13 Finger FX and filmmaker Jen Handorf ¢ Art & Illusion, a new interview with make-up effects supervisor Eric Allard ¢ F/X Magic, a new visual essay by film critic Heather Wixson, author of Monsters, Make-up & Effects ¢ The Australian Invasion, a new visual essay by film scholar Alexandra Heller-Nicholas ¢ The Making of F/X 2, an archive featurette ¢ Behind the Scenes ¢ Inside Eric Allard's Workshop ¢ Theatrical trailer ¢ Image gallery

• Australia | DVD | (27/04/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  "Australia" is an epic and romantic action adventure, set in the land of Oz on the explosive brink of World War II.

• Cocktail | DVD | (11/03/2002) from £5.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (150.25%)   |  RRP £14.99

  First and foremost a star vehicle for Tom Cruise, this paper-thin Horatio Alger story of a young bartender with dreams of get-rich-quick success is notable only for Cruise's immense likeability in contrast to a creaky plot and thinly drawn characters. Cruise plays Brian Flanagan, a young entrepreneur and ladies' man who with his mentor (Bryan Brown) takes the New York bar scene by storm. Through setbacks and tragedy, Brian eventually realises there's more to life than a quick buck, and fights for the woman he loves (Elisabeth Shue). Despite its shortcomings, a worthwhile viewing for Tom Cruise fans. --Robert Lane, Amazon.com

• Full Body Massage | Blu Ray | (24/03/2025) from £20.25   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  HIGH-DEFINITION BLU-RAY PRESENTATION English SDH Full Frame Version [SD] Painting by Numbers - Gareth Williams on Full body Massage Original Trailer

• Tai-Pan | DVD | (26/10/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

• Sweet Country | DVD | (09/07/2018) from £5.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A sweeping, historical epic set against the brutal backdrop of a stunning Australian landscape, SWEET COUNTRY follows the story of Sam, a middle-aged Aborigine man who becomes a wanted criminal after a violent altercation with a bitter war veteran. When Sam is forced to flee across the harsh desert country, pursued by a hunting party led by the local lawman, the true details of his supposed crime start to surface, and the community begins to question whether justice is really being served.

• Along Came Polly | DVD | (05/07/2004) from £3.20   |  Saving you £14.79 (462.19%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Ben Stiller stars as an over-cautious risk assessor who falls in love with Jennifer Aniston's adventure-craving, ferret-loving free spirit.

• Australia | Blu Ray | (27/04/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £27.99

  "Australia" is an epic and romantic action adventure, set in the land of Oz on the explosive brink of World War II.

• A Town Like Alice (1981) | DVD | (13/11/2020) from £24.65   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Hellbent | DVD | (22/05/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Possibly the first gay horror/slasher movie of our time HellBent is a scary sexy funny thrill-ride through a wild Halloween night where chiseled gay chaps become the target of a sickle-wielding serial killer. Taking place at the famed West Hollywood Halloween Carnival there is a serial killer on the loose. A group of four gay friends will have to fight for their lives to make it through a night where flamboyant costumes beautiful people drugs music dancing and sex are

• Dirty Deeds | DVD | (26/01/2004) from £14.98   |  Saving you £1.01 (6.74%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Australian crime caper set in 1969 Sydney. Local crime boss Barry Ryan's life is sweet but when two mobsters from America turn up to muscle in on his patch, he decides its time to teach them a lesson in outback hospitality.

• The Odd Angry Shot | DVD | (20/04/2009) from £12.99   |  Saving you £2.00 (15.40%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Four Australian soldiers serving in Vietnam become increasingly disillusioned with the desperate predicament in which they find themselves. They are in the middle of a war that clearly isn't theirs.

• Gorillas In The Mist | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £6.98   |  Saving you £7.01 (100.43%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Sigourney Weaver more than earned her Oscar nomination for Best Actress in Gorillas in the Mist, dominating every frame of Michael Apted's biopic about primatologist Dian Fossey. Tenderly mothering an orphaned gorilla infant or terrorising an African poacher with a staged lynching, the statuesque star is never less than fiercely focused, a glamorous warrior for animal rights. As the amateur scientist who researched and spotlighted Rwanda's endangered mountain gorillas in National Geographic, Weaver is the passionate heart that keeps an otherwise flaccid film alive. Unfortunately, the film's stodgy script and direction simply document Fossey's magnificent obsession, offering no insight into what lonely impulse of the soul led this extraordinary woman to climb up an African mountain to bond so strongly with gorillas. Cardboard characters include an eternally smiling, sexless African soulmate (John Omirah Miluwi), a perfect boyfriend (Bryan Brown) who has to be dumped in favour of gorilla-love, and stereotypical villains. Still, the African scenery is spectacular, and who can resist the cross-species thrill when the huge dark hand of Digit, Fossey's favourite, first rests in her outstretched palm? Gorillas in the Mist will please those who savour Sigourney Weaver's Amazonian fervour and the pure fire of her physical and spiritual passion--and harbour a slightly misanthropic fondness for liaisons between beauties and beasts. --Kathleen Murphy

• FX - Murder By Illusion | DVD | (18/09/2000) from £11.94   |  Saving you £1.05 (8.79%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Dare to be duped! The world of movie make-believe meets the gritty New York crime scene in this clever suspense movie. Bryan Brown and Brian Dennehy command the heart-pounding action in the first-class crackling excitement of F/X. Rollie Tyler (Brown) is the best special effects artist in showbiz. But this time it’s not the studios seeking him out it’s the Justice Department. His assignment: to stage the assassination of an important underworld witness. And after he pull

• Breaker Morant | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £6.93   |  Saving you £3.06 (44.16%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Before coming to America to make such acclaimed films as Tender Mercies and Driving Miss Daisy, Australian director Bruce Beresford made a lasting impression with this compelling courtroom drama, considered one the finest films of the Australian new wave of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Based on a true story about three soldiers in the Boer War who are served up as political scapegoats of the British Empire, the film uses a flashback structure to dramatise the courtroom testimony. It begins when the three Australian soldiers are railroaded for the justified killing of a German missionary and placed on trial for court-martial not as a matter of justice, but to mollify the German government for the sake of political expediency. Burdened with a competent but inexperienced and hopelessly disadvantaged lawyer, the soldiers realise that their fate has been sealed and the outcome of their trial is a fait accompli. Unfolding with urgent precision and a riveting focus on its well-drawn characters, Breaker Morant was the all-time box-office hit in Australia at the time of its release in 1980, and it remains one of the very best historical dramas ever made. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• Darby and Joan | DVD | (26/02/2024) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• F/X - The Complete Illusion (Blu-Ray) | Blu Ray | (17/05/2017) from £16.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Both F/X films in high definition in this double pack. F/X - Special effects expert Rollie Tyler (Bryan Brown) is widely acknowledged as the best in the business. Hired by the Justice Department to fake the death of Mafia boss-turned-informant Nicholas DeFranco, Rollie pulls the job off without a hitch. However, when the Mafioso kingpin goes missing for real, it is the SFX man who is collared for his murder. On the run from both the police and the mob, Rollie now has to rely on his skills of deception in order to survive. F/X 2 - Follow-on from the 1986 film 'FX - Murder by Illusion' in which Tyler (Bryan Brown) is now semi-retired. However, his girlfriend s ex-husband talks him out of the quiet life after five years and into taking part in a police-sting operation. When the latter is murdered, Tyler investigates; with the help of his old police partner (Brian Dennehy) and soon they are trapped in a dangerous web of murder, treachery and deceit.

• Dead in the Water | DVD | (28/02/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  With the guilt of a young man's death on their hands, three friends see their relationship disintegrate as each vies for survival by trying to kill one another.

• Red Dog: The Early Years | DVD | (24/07/2017) from £8.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  An iconic Australian story of family, friendship and adventure, between a young boy and a scrappy one-of-a-kind dog that would grow up to become an Australian legend.

• Sweet Country | Blu Ray | (09/07/2018) from £7.14   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A sweeping, historical epic set against the brutal backdrop of a stunning Australian landscape, SWEET COUNTRY follows the story of Sam, a middle-aged Aborigine man who becomes a wanted criminal after a violent altercation with a bitter war veteran. When Sam is forced to flee across the harsh desert country, pursued by a hunting party led by the local lawman, the true details of his supposed crime start to surface, and the community begins to question whether justice is really being served.