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• Dragon Ball Z: Season 3 | Blu Ray | (25/01/2021) from £30.79   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The Horrifying power of Frieza! The battle to decide the fate of the universe begins! On the distant Planet Namek, the seven magic Dragon Balls have been brought together and the dragon Porunga summoned. Now, Goku and the Z-fighters are all that stand between the evil Frieza and his wish for immortality! Having survived their encounters with Frieza's dreaded minions, Goku and his friends are now left to contend with the ruthless tyrant himself. Despite their recent victories, however, the Z-fighters are ill prepared to face the terrifying reality of Frieza's power. To defeat this seemingly invincible foe and restore peace to the universe, there is but one hope - a Super Saiyan must emerge! Box Contents includes: Season 3 of Dragon Ball Z on Blu-ray, 1x Poster, 4x Art Cards packaged in an exclusive collectors slip case.

• South Pacific | DVD | (20/03/2006) from £6.50   |  Saving you £9.49 (146.00%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Blessed with a treasure of timeless songs South Pacific combines the passionate heartwarming romance of a naive young Navy nurse (Mitzi Gaynor) and an older French plantation owner (Rossano Brazzi) with South Seas splendour and a world at war while the breathtaking score is highlighted by some of the most romantic songs ever written.

• The Planet of the Apes Collection (six disc box set) | DVD | (08/10/2001) from £29.99   |  Saving you £-16.50 (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.49

  The five films in the Planet of the Apes series are enjoyable as pure entertainment and yet substantial enough to have inspired academic studies about the film's broader political themes. Loosely adapted from the novel by French author Pierre Boulle, Planet of the Apes was released at the height of racial and political unrest in America, adding resonance to its story of a NASA astronaut (Charlton Heston) stranded on a planet where superior apes dominate inferior human slaves. The film's final image--in which a horrified Heston realises the fate of humankind--remains one of the most indelible in all of science-fiction cinema. Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) continues the original's distant future scenario, pitting militant apes against mutant humans dwelling in the subterranean ruins of New York City. Its phenomenal success spawned Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971), in which simian scientists Cornelius and Zira (Roddy McDowall and Kim Hunter, reprising their roles from Planet) travel backward in time, setting the stage for the ape supremacy of the first two films. McDowall returned in Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) as Caesar, the son of Cornelius, leading an ape revolution that bridges the historical gap of the previous films. Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973) ended the five-film cycle with McDowall again playing the chimpanzee leader Caesar, defeating gorillas and human mutants to establish the hierarchy introduced in the original film. The Apes films present a classic what-if scenario that hasn't lost a bit of its potency. As if to prove its cultural endurance, the cycle returned to its origins with director Tim Burton's remake of Planet of the Apes in 2001. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com On the DVD: A glorious indulgence for diehard fans of the series, this handsomely packaged six-disc set contains all five original" Apes" movies, from the wonderful 1967 original to 1973's low-budget Battle. It all look as good as possible in widescreen anamorphic transfers, the first movie's starkly wonderful cinematography in particular is a treat to see on DVD. Planet has been remixed in vivid Dolby 5.1, highlighting the bold sound design and JerryGoldsmith's masterful avant-garde score. The others are good Dolby stereo, with the odd exception of Escape, which is mono. There are trailers on each disc, but no commentaries sadly. The sixth bonus disc consists of a relatively new two-hour documentary hosted by Roddy McDowall which takes us through the entire saga in detail, pointing out the series' daring social commentary and the increasing difficulties of working with progressively smaller budgets. Sensibly, the documentary spends about an hour on the first movie and then an hour discussing all the rest. Overall, this is a very attractive package. --Mark Walker

• South Pacific | DVD | (08/03/2004) from £6.20   |  Saving you £9.79 (157.90%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The dazzling Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, brought to lush life by the director of the original stage version, Joshua Logan. Set on a remote island during the Second World War, South Pacific tracks two parallel romances: one between a Navy nurse (Mitzi Gaynor) "as corny as Kansas in August" and a wealthy French plantation owner (Rossano Brazzi), the other between a young American officer (John Kerr) and a native girl (France Nuyen). The theme of interracial love was still daring in 1958, and so was director Logan's decision to overlay emotional moments with tinted filters--a technique that misfires as often as it hits. The comic relief tends to fall flat and an overly spunky Mitzi Gaynor is a poor substitute for the stage original's Mary Martin. But the location scenery on the Hawaiian island of Kauai is gorgeous and the songs are among the finest in the American musical catalogue: "Some Enchanted Evening", "Younger than Springtime", "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair", "This Nearly Was Mine". That's Juanita Hall as the sly native trader Bloody Mary, singing the haunting tune that launched a thousand tiki bars, "Bali H'ai". The movie is based on stories from James Michener's book Tales from the South Pacific. --Robert Horton, Amazon.com

• The Kid With A Bike | DVD | (23/07/2012) from £7.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (100.13%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Cyril, almost 12, has only one plan: to find the father who left him temporarily in a children's home. By chance he meets Samantha, who runs a hairdressing salon and agrees to let him stay with her at weekends. Cyril doesn't recognize the love Samantha feels for him, a love he desperately needs to calm his rage.This affecting and gripping drama is one of the finest films from the directors of 'The Child', 'Rosetta' & 'The Silence of Lorna'.

• Went The Day Well - Digitally Remastered (80 Years of Ealing) | Blu Ray | (25/07/2011) from £11.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (66.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on the story by Grahame Greene Went The Day Well? Is a classic piece of propagandist entertainment a warning to British citizens to remain ever alert for the arrival of the enemy. Alberto Cavalcanti's film tells the story of a quiet English village which has been infiltrated by German Soldiers masquerading as British Troops leaving the plucky villages to uncover the plot and fight back.

• Pot Luck | DVD | (25/10/2004) from £19.98   |  Saving you £-1.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A riotous comedy hit about a bunch of students on the loose in Barcelona learning lessons about life love and finding a future. Romain Duris is the young Parisian who embarks on a European exchange scheme in Spain's most exuberant city - and has to take pot luck by sharing an apartment with a culturally diverse group of fellow students including two Brits. He says farewell to his family and girlfriend (Audrey Tautou) - and then the fun begins!

• South Pacific | DVD | (20/03/2006) from £4.25   |  Saving you £8.74 (205.65%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Blessed with a treasure of timeless songs South Pacific combines the passionate heartwarming romance of a naive young Navy nurse (Mitzi Gaynor) and an older French plantation owner (Rossano Brazzi) with South Seas splendour and a world at war while the breathtaking score is highlighted by some of the most romantic songs ever written.

• Battle For The Planet Of The Apes | DVD | (22/08/2005) from £4.35   |  Saving you £8.64 (198.62%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Two civilizations battle for the right to inherit what's left of earth! The fifth and final episode in the Planet of the Apes series. After the collapse of human civilization a community of intelligent apes lives in harmony with a group of humans but a community of mutants who reside beneath a destroyed city try to conquer those whom they perceive as enemies. Footage from the previous installments is effective in providing background information as flashbacks in an attempt t

• Around the World in 80 Days | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £8.93   |  Saving you £11.06 (123.85%)   |  RRP £19.99

  An all-singing, all-dancing version of Jules Verne's classic novel finds eccentric inventor Phileas Fogg set out on a frantic, heart-pounding round-the-world race.

• Hereafter | DVD | (13/06/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Genre master Clint Eastwood tries something different with the languid, introspective Hereafter--and succeeds (for the most part). All of the characters at the heart of Peter Morgan's screenplay, which has the feel of a European art film, have suffered a loss or survived an ordeal. They feel disconnected from those who can't relate, which is most everybody. George Lonegan (Matt Damon, Invictus), a Bay Area factory worker, developed psychic powers after a childhood illness but just wants to lead a normal life, despite his brother Billy's efforts to turn him into a John Edwards-like celebrity (Jay Mohr plays Billy). Marie LeLay (the versatile Cécile De France), a TV reporter, emerges unharmed from 2004's Indian Ocean earthquake, only to find her Parisian existence slipping away from her (the tsunami sequence that opens the film is frightfully convincing). And in London, soft-spoken 12-year-old Marcus (Frankie McLaren) loses his twin, Jason (George McLaren), only to end up in foster care. While George reaches out to a lovely, if insecure woman (the overly jittery Bryce Dallas Howard) he meets in a cooking class, Marie writes a book about her experience, and Marcus seeks spiritual guidance. In a Babel-like turn of events, all three find themselves in the United Kingdom, where they cross paths, but what sounds contrived plays out in a surprisingly believable fashion. Eastwood and Morgan (The Queen) don't presume to know what happens after death, suggesting instead that those who search for answers deserve something other than disrespect and derision. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

• Playtime | Blu Ray | (24/11/2014) from £11.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (91.74%)   |  RRP £22.99

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• High Tension | Blu Ray | (22/01/2024) from £16.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A weekend away visiting parents becomes a living nightmare for Alex and her best friend Marie when a deranged killer breaks in, slaughters family members and kidnaps Alex. Hiding to evade capture Marie sets off on a white knuckle pursuit to save her friend. Product Features New audio commentary by Dr Lindsay Hallam An Experiment in Suspense: a new interview with Director Alexandre Aja The Man in the Shadows: a new interview with Writer Grégory Levasseur The Darker the Better: an interview with Cinematographer Maxime Alexandre The Great French Massacre: an interview with Special Effects Artist Giannetto De Rossi Only the Brave: Alexandra Heller-Nicholas on High Tension Archive 'Making of' featurette Archive Interview with Cécile De France Archive Interview with Maïwenn Archive Interview with Philippe Nahon

• Celine and Julie Go Boating (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (20/11/2017) from £18.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In Jacques Rivette's surreal and fascinating masterpiece eccentric magician Celine (Juliet Berto) meets curious librarian Julie (Dominique Labourier). Their friendship soon sends them down a fantastical rabbit hole and into an apparently haunted house. With the aid of magical candy, they return time and again to the mansion to spy on and eventually play parts in a gothic murder mystery. A playful investigation of the boundary between life and art, and illusion and reality. Celine and Julie Go Boating was co-written by Eduardo de Gregorio and the film's actresses (including Bulle Ogier and Marie-France Pisier). It was influenced by Lewis Carrol, Henry James and Proust, and in turn influenced the likes of David Lynch and Susan Seidelman. It remains Rivette's most enduring, self-reflective and popular film. Extras: Presented in High Definition Jonathan Romney on Rivette (2006, 19 mins) Tout la mémoire du monde (Alain Resnais, 1956, 21 mins) The Haunted Curiosity Shop (R W Paul, 1901, 2 mins) Illustrated booklet featuring an essay by Susan Seidelman, and full film credits

• Alain Robbe-Grillet: Six Films 1964-1974 (Blu-ray Box Set) | Blu Ray | (30/06/2014) from £31.49   |  Saving you £28.50 (90.50%)   |  RRP £59.99

  Perhaps best known as the writer of Alain Resnais' classic cine-conundrum Last Year of Marienbad, Alain Robbe-Grillet was also the director a number of stylish, controversial and erotic films which starred such icons of French cinema as Jean-Louis Trinignant (Haneke's Amour, Bertolucci's The Conformist), Marie-France Pisier (Truffaut's Stolen Kisses and Bed and Board) and Isabelle Huppert (Claire Denis' White Material, Haneke's Amour). Impossible to see for decades, these enigmatic, sexually.

• Went The Day Well - Digitally Remastered (80 Years of Ealing) | DVD | (25/07/2011) from £7.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (100.13%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Based on the story by Grahame Greene Went The Day Well? Is a classic piece of propagandist entertainment a warning to British citizens to remain ever alert for the arrival of the enemy. Alberto Cavalcanti's film tells the story of a quiet English village which has been infiltrated by German Soldiers masquerading as British Troops leaving the plucky villages to uncover the plot and fight back.

• Bring It On Again | DVD | (05/09/2011) from £4.95   |  Saving you £1.04 (21.01%)   |  RRP £5.99

  When a cadre of new students can't get onto their college cheerleading team they form their own squad and prepare for a cheer off...

• Summertime | DVD | (12/09/2016) from £7.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (100.13%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Delphine is the daughter of Limousin farmers who moves to Paris in 1971 and becomes involved in a feminist movement led by a charming renegade called Carole. Their bond becomes closer but when they move back to the countryside, Delphine's home, due to a family emergency they discover that common consensus about their relationship proves to be problematic.

• Celine And Julie Go Boating | DVD | (25/09/2006) from £10.78   |  Saving you £9.21 (85.44%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A mysteriously linked pair of young women find their daily lives pre-empted by a strange boudoir melodrama that plays itself out in a hallucinatory parallel reality.

• High Tension (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (22/01/2024) from £29.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A weekend away visiting parents becomes a living nightmare for Alex and her best friend Marie when a deranged killer breaks in, slaughters family members and kidnaps Alex. Hiding to evade capture Marie sets off on a white knuckle pursuit to save her friend.