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• Sickert's London | DVD | (23/07/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Although Walter Sickert is considered the father of modern British painting he was born in Germany. He became Britain's most famous artist but after his death he drifted into obscurity ironically rejected for the same inventive spirit that had first made his name. He remains one of the undiscovered heroes of modern art. This vivid film discovers Howard Hodgkin rummaging in the Sickert archive follows Frank Auerbach around the streets of Camden Town encourages Professor Quentin Bell to recall what it was like to be drawn by the man himself; artist John Wannacott studies the drawings; Peter Ackroyd describes the context of London's back streets and secrets; Lady Mary Soames reveals the artists' friendship with her father Winston Churchill; solicitor Sir David Napley shares Sickert's fascination with The Camden Town Murder while Sickert's biographer Richard Shone explodes the myth that Sickert was Jack the Ripper. With music by Jools Holland and Sickert's writings read by Alan Bennett this film manages to conjure up the spirit of one of Europe's greatest artists.

• Belle's Magical World / Beauty And The Beast | DVD | (02/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Belle's Magical World is a straight-to-video animated story set in the Beast's castle, which, as viewers know from the original Beauty and the Beast film, is under a spell until the Beast can learn to love. Starting with this familiar premise, it plummets into three disjointed episodes surrounding Belle's life as a captive in the castle. In "The Perfect World" a misunderstanding of words erupts between Belle and the Beast, made worse by a feigned apology. Fifi and Lumiere take the spotlight in "Fifi's Folly" when a romantic evening together becomes a chilling adventure inside a runaway sleigh. In "The Broken Wing" Belle entreats the Beast to act kindly toward a tiny songbird. Each tale offers a diluted moral message, yet the entire effort feels contrived and confusing. --Lynn Gibson The film that officially signalled Disney's animation renaissance and the only animated feature to receive a Best Picture Oscar nomination, Beauty and the Beast remains the yardstick by which all other animated films should be measured. It relates the story of Belle, a bookworm with a dotty inventor for a father; when he inadvertently offends the Beast (a prince whose heart is too hard to love anyone besides himself) Belle boldly takes her father's place, imprisoned in the Beast's gloomy mansion. Naturally, Belle teaches the Beast to love. What makes this such a dazzler, besides the amazingly accomplished animation and the winning coterie of supporting characters (the Beast's mansion is overrun by quipping, dancing household items) is the array of beautiful and hilarious songs by composer Alan Menken and the late, lamented lyricist Howard Ashman, (winning the 1991 Oscar for Best Song and Menken's score won a trophy as well). The downright funniest song is "Gaston" a lout's paean to himself (including the immortal line: "I use antlers in all of my de-co-ra-ting"). "Be Our Guest" is transformed into an inspired Busby Berkeley homage. Since Ashman's passing, animated musicals haven't quite reached the same exhilarating level of wit, sophistication and pure joy. --David Kronke

• Flash Gordon Space Soldiers - Vol. 1 - Episodes 1 To 6 | DVD | (13/10/2003) from £8.77   |  Saving you £-3.78 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Planet Mongo breaks out of its orbit and is sent hurtling on a collision course with Earth. Renowned scientist Dr Zarkov builds a rocket in order to investigate the impending disaster at close quarters. He is joined on his mission by Flash Gordon and Dale Arden who have recently survived a plane crash and the three soon find there is more to planet Mongo than originally thought not least the evil ruler Emperor Ming. Based on the original Flash Gordon comic strip series Space sold

• Dangerous Davies - The Last Detective | DVD | (12/01/2004) from £59.99   |  Saving you £-43.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  A detective who is a danger to both himself and others finds himself investigating a fifteen year old murder unofficially. Based on the book by Leslie Thomas.

• Scarface/Carlito's Way/Casino | DVD | (18/11/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

• Junebug | Blu Ray | (18/04/2011) from £28.57   |  Saving you £-15.58 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A dealer in outsider art threatens the equilibrium of her middle-class in-laws in North Carolina.

• Raging Bull | Blu Ray | (09/02/2009) from £16.61   |  Saving you £3.37 (20.29%)   |  RRP £19.98

  "Raging Bull" is arguably the finest work from the Scorsese and De Niro partnership. De Niro gives an amazing portrayal of a man whose animal side lurks just beneath the surface, ever ready to erupt.

• Nurses On The Line | DVD | (25/07/2005) from £4.99   |  Saving you £1.00 (20.04%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A plane plummets from the sky above the jungles of Mexico crashing into the dense dangerous undergrowth. In the wreckage four medics lie seriously wounded - some near death. Amidst this hell-on-earth they have one hope: a group of nurses with little medical experience working at a remote clinic for the poverty-stricken local people. Only the nurses' compassion and dedication can defeat the odds and save the lives of the four distinguished doctors. But deep in the jungle with their medical supplies plundered by bandits and a violent drugs war raging round them the odds against success in this life-or-death mission seem overwhelming...

• Django Prepare a Coffin | DVD | (14/01/2013) from £21.25   |  Saving you £-8.26 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  One of Quentin Tarantino's favourite Spaghetti westerns and a sure influence on Django Unchained... Django the drifter returns in this classic Sixties Spaghetti Western from Ferdinando Baldi (Texas Addio, Comin' At Ya!), starring Terence Hill (They Call Me Trinity) as the wandering gunslinger, hired as executioner to a corrupt local politician who is framing innocent men, sending them to hang in an evil scheme to take hold of their land. But Django has other ideas and, cleverly faking the deaths of the condemned men, he assembles them into a loyal gang who'll help him take down the boss, a man who had a hand in the death of Django's wife years before. Thrill as Django gets his bloody revenge with a hail of bullets in this classic from a series of B-movie westerns that helped to define a genre. Prepare your coffin now! Arrowdrome is a fleapit selected library of cult films; violent, horrific, sleazy, exploitative. To explore step in to the cult arena! Every Arrowdrome release includes a reversible sleeve of original artwork and a collector's booklet!

• Cold Moon | DVD | (22/01/2018) from £8.15   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Based on the Michael McDowell novel 'Cold Moon Over Babylon'. McDowell is also the author of 'Beetlejuice' and 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'. In a sleepy southern town, a young girl disappears but all hopes of finding her alive are soon shattered by the discovery of a body in the river. But the end of the search is just the beginning of a waking nightmare. Traffic lights blink an eerie warning, a ghostly visage prowls in the streets, and graves erupt from the local cemetery in an implacable march of terror. Beneath the murky surface of the river, a shifting, almost human shape slowly takes form to seek a terrible vengeance...

• The Film Noir Collection - Woman On The Run | DVD | (06/04/2009) from £19.70   |  Saving you £-9.71 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  After witnessing a mob hit Frank Johnson goes on the run fearing for his life. Inspector Ferris and Detective Shaw are suspicious when they interview his uncooperative and seemingly uncaring wife Eleanor. But when Eleanor is approached by tabloid reporter Danny Leggatt offering to help find her husband it appears Leggatt is not all he seems! The riveting twists and turns together with the acerbic wit and charisma of the leading lady keep this thriller bubbling along as we head for a dramatic final showdown. San Francisco is cleverly used as an extra character in this enjoyable exciting and engaging film set firmly in the film noir genre with great performances from a strong cast.

• The Lost World | DVD | (11/08/2003) from £12.98   |  Saving you £-7.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  The granddaddy of giant monster movies, The Lost World was one of the most expensive movies ever made in 1925, costing more than a million dollars, and has remained one of the most influential. Every larger-than-life creature feature since--from King Kong to Godzilla and Jurassic Park--owes a debt to this original adventure fantasy based on Arthur Conan Doyle's novel. It's the story of a maverick scientist (Wallace Beery under a bushy beard) who finds a land that time forgot on a plateau deep within the South American jungles and comes back to London with a captured brontosaurus to prove it. His expedition includes Bessie Love, the daughter of an explorer who disappeared on the previous expedition, and big game hunter Lewis Stone. The ostensible stars of the picture are all upstaged by Willis O'Brien's dinosaurs, simple models brought to life with primitive stop-motion animation (the technique was soon to be perfected by O'Brien for King Kong). Hardly realistic by any measure, these pioneering special effects are still a sight to behold, especially the lumbering brontosaurus which receives the most care from O'Brien, both foraging in his jungle and rampaging through the streets of London. With the coming of talkies, The Lost World became obsolete: all known American prints were destroyed in favour of a sound remake (which became King Kong) and the film only survived in a severely truncated form (even the original negative was lost). For this release David Shepard meticulously "rebuilt" the film using material from eight different surviving prints from all over the world, cleaning and restoring along the way. The result is 50% longer than previously extant prints, still not complete but closer than any version since its 1925 debut. The difference is not merely in restored scenes but in a rediscovered sense of grace in scenes filled out to their original detail and pace. The film moves and breathes once again like a silent film. On the DVD: From the attractive solid slipcase to the wonderful "period" menu interface, this is a delightful DVD package. The film itself looks surprisingly good--a real tribute to the restoration team's efforts--with careful tinting in the style of the period (blues for evening, reds for dawn etc.). The disc features the choice of either an original score by The Alloy Orchestra or a classical orchestral score compiled and conducted by Robert Israel (both enjoyable and effective), 13 minutes of O'Brien's animation outtakes (including a couple of isolated frames that capture O'Brien manipulating his models) and a well-meaning but basic commentary by Arthur Conan Doyle historian Roy Pilot. There's also a text biography of Conan Doyle and a display of original postcards, posters and other promotional items. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com

• Grasshopper Island | DVD | (13/10/2008) from £12.00   |  Saving you £8.99 (74.92%)   |  RRP £20.99

  Everyone dreams of running away at least once in their lifetime... Three brothers sail away to find Grasshopper Island which is perfect: Sun sand fruit in the trees and fish in the sea. No winter woolies no haircuts no school dinners no goodnight kisses and best of all no grown ups. Or so they think. Then they discover Cornelius Button the grasshopper expert who lives with his housekeeper Lupus on the other side of the island. There are other discoveries too. Adven

• Lucky Break | DVD | (14/07/2003) from £7.49   |  Saving you £10.50 (140.19%)   |  RRP £17.99

  This new British comedy from "The Full Monty" director Peter Cattaneo stars Jimmy Nesbitt and Olivia Williams as an in-mate and a prison councillor whose unlikely romance blossoms behind bars.

• Meet Danny Wilson | DVD | (25/05/2009) from £12.13   |  Saving you £0.86 (6.60%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Frank Sinatra shines as a gifted but quick tempered up and coming lounge singer Danny Wilson who makes a meagre living singing in dive bars and hustling pool with best friend Mike Ryan (Alex Nicol). Even with a set of golden tonsils Easy Street isn't so easy for Danny to find. One night by chance they meet entertainer Joy Carroll (Shelley Winters) who gets them a job at gangster Nick Driscoll's well-to-do nightclub. But Nick (Raymond Burr) seeing the future potential in Danny's career wants a high price - 50% of all Danny's future earnings! Soon Danny's career takes off and with success comes love money and... complications! A messy love triangle emerges with Danny falling head over heels for Joy the club's star singer who in turn is smitten with his pianist and best friend Mike. Directed by Joseph Pevney (Flesh and Fury Man of a Thousand Faces) and starring Frank Sinatra (Ocean's Eleven The Manchurian Candidate) OSCAR'' winning actress Shelley Winters (Lolita The Night of the Hunter) and the Emmy'' award winning Raymond Burr (Rear Window Perry Mason) the film also includes cameo appearances from Tony Curtis and Jeff Chandler. Meet Danny Wilson is a classic musical drama containing a wonderful range of Sinatra standards such as (I Got A Woman Crazy For Me) She's Funny That Way That Old Black Magic When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You) All of Me I've Got a Crush on You How Deep is the Ocean? and more.

• Futurama Seasons 1-4 Complete Box Set | DVD | (30/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £79.99

  Every episode from The Simpsons creator Matt Groening's hit animated comedy! Season 1: 1. Space Pilot 3000 2. The Series Has Landed 3. I Roomate 4. Love's Labour's Lost In Space 5. Fear Of A Bot Planet 6. A Fishful Of Dollars 7. My Three Suns 8. A Big Piece Of Garbage 9. Hell Is Other Robots 10. A Flight To Remember 11. Mars University 12. When Aliens Attack 13. Fry And The Slurm Factory Season 2: 1. I Second That Emotion 2. Brannigan Begin Again 3. A Hea

• Back In The USSR | DVD | (05/01/2004) from £7.09   |  Saving you £5.90 (83.22%)   |  RRP £12.99

  An American tourist is trapped in Moscow accused of murder and the theft of a priceless icon. When the US Embassy and the Russian police refuse to help he is forced to seek assistance from members of the Moscow underworld...

• Pop at the Movies 2 | DVD | (05/11/2018) from £11.91   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  UP JUMPED A SWAGMAN A talented young Australian singer moves to London in search of his big break. On the way he tries to woo a top model while seemingly overlooking the beautiful publican's daughter who truly loves him and gets tangled up with a gang of thieves! CHARLEY MOON A new career beckons for Charley Moon when, during his army service, he becomes part of a comic double act in a unit concert. Though lucky breaks are few and far between, they end up getting enough experience to try their luck in London. WHAT A CRAZY WORLD Alf Hitchins is an unemployed chap whose life revolves around dance halls, amusements arcades and cafés any place to escape from the family home! His cheerful acceptance of life expresses itself in the song he casually composes one night and the results take everyone by surprise! BALLAD IN BLUE During a performance Ray Charles befriends David, a young boy who has recently lost his sight, and helps him come to terms with his condition. Then, during a world tour, Charles finds himself in Paris where a surgeon is pioneering a radical procedure that could restore David's sight.

• Airplane! | DVD | (29/05/2006) from £8.89   |  Saving you £7.10 (79.87%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Ted Striker: ""Surely you can't be serious?"" Dr. Rumack: ""I am serious... and don't call me Shirley."" Voted ""one of the ten funniest movies ever made"" by the American Film Institute Airplane! is a masterpiece of off-the-wall comedy. Featuring Robert Hays as an ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning; Julie Hagerty as his girlfriend/ stewardess/ co-pilot; and a cast of all-stars inclu

• Night Of The Living Dead | DVD | (16/10/2006) from £6.77   |  Saving you £6.22 (91.88%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Night Of The Living Dead is the black and white classic that spawned the zombie genre from its 1968 release. Still today The Night Of The Living Dead is one of the most gruesome and terrifying films ever made. Guaranteed to frighten you out of your wits this is the story of seven people barricaded inside a farm house while an army of flesh eating zombies roams the countryside. Don't watch it alone...