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• Classics Collection - An Ideal Husband/Tom Jones/A Passage To India | DVD | (28/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  An Ideal Husband (Dir. Oliver Parker 1999): Sexy leading man Rupert Everett heads an acclaimed all-star cast in this wonderfully witty story of decadence romance and scandal! Sir Robert is a highly respected politician whose spotless reputation is the pride of his beautiful wife (Cate Blanchett) and adoring sister (Minnie Driver). But when an old aquaintance (Julianne Moore) threatens to reveal a dark secret from Robert's past only his womanizing party-loving best friend Goring (Everett) is scheming and dishonest enough to come to his aid! Overwhelmingly acclaimed by critics - you'll love this fresh funny motion picture and its stellar ensemble as they elevate the art of blackmail to an elegant game of wit and passion. Tom Jones (Dir. Tony Richardson 1963): Winner of four Academy Awards including Best Picture and featuring a cast of superb actors headed by the young Albert Finney and Susannah York Tony Richardson's wickedly funny adaptation of Henry Fielding's novel (scripted by John Osbourne) is a rollicking picaresque period comedy to savour. No one has ever lived so freely and carelessly as Tom Jones (Finney). Abandoned at birth and raised by a wealthy squire (Hugh Griffith) Tom romps through English society leading a lusty life of brawling and bed-hopping... until his bawdy behaviour causes him to be sent away from his family his home and the only woman he's ever truly loved (York). But some men never learn and soon Tom's escapades land him in the company of reckless scoundrels the boudoirs of more women... and finally in jail. Will Tom's charm save him... or will the gallows be his last swing? A Passage To India (Dir. David Lean 1984): Oscar-winning story of the social friction between the British and Indian communities which clash dramatically when an Indian befriended by two visiting English women is accused of raping one during a trip to the remote Marabar caves...

• Sherlock Holmes And The Deadly Necklace | DVD | (25/09/2006) from £8.08   |  Saving you £-2.09 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Holmes and Watson are on the trail to find a necklace that once belonged to Cleopatra. Holmes must unravel the mystery which brings him face to face with his arch rival Moriarty...

• Take The High Road | DVD | (20/06/2011) from £9.98   |  Saving you £10.01 (100.30%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Take The High Road was one of the longest running shows on UK television. For over 22 years Take The High Road delighted viewers all over Britain as this landmark Scottish Television drama followed the lives of the inhabitants of Glendorrach, a beautiful village in the scenic Scottish countryside.Following the trials and tribulations of the people who live and work on the estate, Take The High Road was shot on location in the village of Luss, on the banks of Loch Lomond, northwest of Glasgow.Now, for the first time on DVD, you can re-live the highs and lows, the friendships and all the dramas as they unfold in this timeless classic.

• Heart Of Glass | DVD | (02/09/2002) from £17.53   |  Saving you £2.46 (14.03%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Perhaps most notable for the fact that all but one of the cast perform quite literally under the hypnotic spell of the director himself 'HEart Of Glass' is one of Werner Herzog's most stylised challenging and visionary films. A stunning piece of work in 1977 the film was awarded the German Gold Film Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Cinematography. When the owner of the local glass factory passes away without divulging the secret formula for making a magical ruby g

• Alleluia | DVD | (22/12/2014) from £16.79   |  Saving you £-0.80 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Michel is an serial womaniser and professional hustler. When he meets Gloria she falls in love with him just like the others. But this time things will be different. Gloria finds her reason to live in Michel. Their love is passionate; limitless. When Gloria discovers Michel’s hustling she becomes his accomplice rather than risk losing him. Together they embark on a wild odyssey that becomes deadly and murderous. Their unfettered passions will drive them to the brink of insanity… ALLELUIA is the adaptation of a news event which shook the United States from 1947 to 1949: the story of Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez lovers and serial killers whose infamous murders earned them the name ‘The Lonely Hearts Killers’.

• Take the High Road - Volume 9 Episodes 49-54 | DVD | (21/10/2013) from £14.99   |  Saving you £-2.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Episodes 49-54 of the long running Scottish soap opera. Take the High Road was one of the longest running shows on UK television. For over 22 years and more than 1 500 episodes the series set amongst Scottish lochs rolling hills and purple heather delighted viewers all over Britain as this landmark Scottish Television drama followed the lives of the inhabitants of Glendorrach a beautiful village in the scenic Scottish countryside. Following the trials and tribulations of the people who live and work on the estate Take the High Road was shot on location in the village of Luss on the banks of the picturesque Loch Lomond northwest of Glasgow. Now you can relive the highs and lows the friendships the romances and all the dramas as they unfold in this timeless classic.

• Marnie | Blu Ray | (10/05/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Luis Bunuel Box Set | DVD | (06/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Includes the classic Bunuel films Belle De Jour Diary Of A Chambermaid and The Milky Way. Belle De Jour Bunuel's wryly disturbing tale of a virginal bourgeois newlywed prone to erotic flights of fancy who works the day-shift in a Parisian brothel unbeknownst to her patient husband... Diary Of A Chambermaid Luis Bunuel's sharp unrelenting remake of Jean Renoir's 1946 film concerns fascism in 1939 France and how the bourgeoisie are viewed by maid Celestine (Jeanne Moreau) who stirs the desires of her new household and neighbours... The Milky Way Two men making a religious pilgrimage through France form the basis for string of lucid Luis Bunuel 'jokes' parables and surrealistic visions. Heretical funny and haunting...

• 3 Classic British Comedies - Genevieve / Blithe Spirit / The Importance Of Being Ernest | DVD | (20/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Genevieve - The drama and spectacle of the London to Brighton Commemoration Run provide the background for this delightful comedy in which friendly rivalry (automotive and marital) between two couples develops into an almost no-holds-barred race back from Brighton to London... Blithe Spirit - A happily married author writing a novel on mediums invites one to supper one evening. After holding a seance the husband's deceased first wife appears and begins to cause chaos! The Importance Of Being Earnest - This star-studded adaptation of Oscar Wilde's classic comedy is full of charm and remains the definitive version of his work. Jack and Algernon are two wealthy bachelors. Jack is in love with Gwendolen while Algernon is attracted to Jack's ward Cecily. Not surprisingly complication arises as each of the girls think they are engaged to Earnest (who doesn't exist) and to complicate things further Gwendolen's mother Lady Bracknell arrives.

• The Thin Blue Line | DVD | (07/01/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Errol Morris's unique documentary dramatically re-enacts the crime scene and investigation of a police officer's murder in Dallas. A drifter Randall Adams ran out of gas in Texas and was picked up by a 16-year-old runaway David Harris. Later that night they drank some beer smoked some marijuana and went to the movies. Then their stories diverge. Adams claims that he left for his motel where he was staying with his brother and went to sleep. Harris however says that they were stopped by police late that night and Adams suddenly shot the officer approaching their car. The film shows the evidence gathered by the police who were under extreme pressure to clear the case. It strongly makes a point that the circumstantial evidence was very flimsy. In fact it becomes apparent that Harris was a much more likely suspect and was in the middle of a 'crime spree ' eventually ending up on Death Row himself for the later commission of other crimes. Morris implies that the D.A.'s and judge's desire for the death penalty in this case (which Harris would have been ineligible for due to his youth) made Adams a scapegoat on which to pin this heinous crime.

• Gacy | DVD | (08/03/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  John Wayne Gacy was a model citizen right down to volunteering to be a clown for the children at the local hospital. Shockingly though he kept a gruesome guilty secret that is revealed when a trail of missing young men lead to Gacy's suburban home. The nation watch in horror as one by one the discovery of over 30 murders come to light. Soon the details and drama surrounding the killings are unearthed along with the bodies lying entombed beneath the house. Based on the true story of one of the most prolific serial killers in American history.

• Little Drummer Boy - An Essay On Gustav Mahler By And With Leonard Bernstein | DVD | (16/07/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  This television essay from 1985 was written by Leonard Bernstein to commemorate the 125th anniversary of Gustav Mahler's birth. The essay recorded in Israel Vienna and later in London is punctuated by biographical interludes and illustrated by musical examples drawn from the cycle of Mahler's works recorded by Leonard Bernstein. Bernstein talks plays and conducts various orchestras (Israel Philharmonic Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Wiener Philharmoniker) and soloists (Janet Baker Christa Ludwig Edith Mathis Lucia Popp Walton Groenroos) in performances spanning 17 years. Leonard Bernstein also examines the roots of Gustav Mahler's inspiration. This DVD features music from the nine symphonies The Song of the Earth and the Wunderhorn Cycle.

• Criterion Collection: Thin Blue Line | Blu Ray | (24/03/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Day The Earth Stood Still (1951) Play Exclusive | DVD | (26/03/2010) from £17.34   |  Saving you £-11.35 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  From Out Of Space... A Warning And An Ultimatum! A spacecraft lands in Washington D.C. and an alien emerges flanked by a menacing robot with destructive capabilities far beyond anyone's imagination. So begins the science-fiction thriller The Day The Earth Stood Still a classic atomic movie from the 50s that would go on to inspire alien-invasion films for decades to come. Rebuffed in his efforts to meet the world's leaders and warn them of the earth's impending doom the alien Klaatu (Michael Rennie) takes to the streets. Klaatu's plea for peace is embraced by a pretty young woman (Patricia Neal) and an eminent scientist (Sam Jaffe) but the rest of humanity reacts with mistrust fear and violence. With time running out Klaatu is forced to demonstrate his awesome powers in a mind-boggling display teaching all of mankind a lesson for the ages. Watch The Day The Earth Stood Still and and you will never forget these words - Klaatu barada nikto!

• The Lady Gambles | DVD | (06/06/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  One woman's gambling addiction puts her marriage and her life in grave danger. A gritty, classic piece of film noir starring four-time Oscar nominee and Emmy-winner Barbara Stanwyck. In a dark Chicago back alley, among a crowd of seedy characters, Joan Boothe (Barbara Stanwyck, Double Indemnity) tosses a pair of dice and wins a few dirty dollars. She rolls once more, and wins again and again, and again, and again. Soon, the street thugs Joan runs with discover she's cheating, and decide to administer their own harsh form of justice. With her body beaten and spirit broken, Joan finds herself in the hospital, where her estranged husband (Robert Preston, The Music Man) struggles to come to grips with how Joan once a sophisticated, vivacious, loving wife spiraled into such a desperate state. Elegantly shot and intricately constructed, The Lady Gambles is a shocking story of temptation, addiction, and betrayal as thrilling to watch today as it was when it debuted more than 60 years ago.

• The Creation | DVD | (15/05/2000) from £7.16   |  Saving you £14.59 (270.19%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Haydn's oratorio Die Schöpfung ("The Creation") recounts Genesis via Milton's Paradise Lost, translated into German and reworked into the finished libretto by the Baron van Swieten. It is an intensely felt masterpiece, Haydn later saying, "I was never so pious as during the time when I was working on The Creation: I fell to my knees daily and asked God to give me the strength for a favourable completion of the work." The music alternates thrilling choral writing with moving solo parts, and bass Rene Pape and soprano Edith Mathis are especially fine. This DVD release presents a 1992 performance originally shot for video in an unnamed but beautiful and ornate Baroque location. The notes record that at the public premiere in Vienna in 1799, a small book containing van Swisten's libretto was given to each member of the audience "So that ever'body unnerstands what the music wanted t'say." It is ironic that this release contains neither the libretto nor subtitles. This is a musical drama, and the text is vitally important for more than superficial appreciation, such that those unfamiliar with the work may find greater reward in John Eliot Gardiner's 1997 CD version. On the DVD: The disc contains a clean, sharp 4:3 ratio transfer from the original video programme with minimal evidence of grain. The sound is stereo PCM and generally good, though in some of the more full-blooded passages the recording of the choir is a little constricted and even harsh. There are no extra features of any kind, though being Region 0 the disc will play in any DVD machine. --Gary S. Dalkin

• Comedie De L'Innocence | DVD | (23/09/2002) from £29.90   |  Saving you £-9.91 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  On the day of his ninth birthday Camille announces to his mother Ariane (Isabelle Huppert) that he wants to go home to his ""real"" mother. Realising that her son isn't playing games Ariane agrees to take Camille to an address he gives her an apartment on the far side of Paris she doesn't know. There lives an enigmatic woman called Isabella (Jeanne Balibar) whose own son born the same time as Camille drowned two years ago. Ariane looks helplessly on as Camille throws himself int

• George A. Romero's Crazies (+ Bonusfilme) - 3-Disc Collector's Edition im Mediabook (Blu-Ray) | Blu Ray | (19/03/2021) from £34.21   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Gacy / Dahmer | DVD | (03/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Gacy An Intriguing and intense story of a seemingly normal member of the public and the subsequent uncovering of his horrific and gruesome crimes. Dahmer A riveting portrayal of Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer that explores the mind and fantasies of one of the most notorious serial killers of the last century.

• Family Plot | Blu Ray | (10/05/2022) from £32.60   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A