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• Comedy Greats | DVD | (03/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A "two-plus-one" package from Siren, Comedy Greats features classics from the two greatest silent-screen comics, Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, plus a rather dreary effort from Danny Kaye. Never the most scintillating of comedians, Kaye's personable talents are thinly spread in 1949's The Inspector General. Distantly(!) based on a short story by Russian satirist Nikolay Gogol, this tale of mistaken identity enables Kaye to indulge in obvious wisecracks and not-so-smart dialogue. Sylvia Fine's songs are mildly amusing, and Henry Koster draws capable support from Walter Slezak and Elsa Lanchester, but it's a long haul. When he made Tilli's Punctured Romance in 1914, Charles Chaplin had yet to perfect the "little man" routine which made him the most popular 1920s screen star. His loveable rogue is well displayed opposite Marie Dressler's formidable country maid, whose unexpected windfall becomes the real object of his desire. Mabel Normand contributes an attractively period chic, and if, in the hands of Mack Sennett, the humour tends to fall back on music-hall slapstick, the historical significance of the film is undoubted. Yet it's Buster Keaton's 1928 classic Steamboat Bill Jr which comes out on top here. Keaton is perfectly cast as the put upon student, whose bravery saves both his father and his steamboat-owning rival, and wins the hand of the latter's daughter. Solid support comes from Ernest Torrence and the winsome Marion Byron, with Charles Riesner getting maximum drama from the cyclone sequence, but it's Keaton's soulful expression and breathtaking stuntwork which are the most potent reminders of a talent only later to receive its due. On the DVD: Comedy Greats is acceptably remastered, with 1.33:1 aspect ratio and 12 chapter headings per film, and decently packaged, this is worth acquiring--even though Keaton's film is the only one you're likely return to often. --Richard Whitehouse

• Cinema Verite - Defining The Moment | DVD | (08/05/2006) from £10.78   |  Saving you £-0.79 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Peter Wintonick whose Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media is one of the bestselling documentaries of all time has directed this unique 'documentary of documentaries' shot with lightweight equipment in vrit style in widescreen digital video. Rich in footage from classics such as Primary (J F Kennedy) Lonely Boy (Paul Anka) Jane (Jane Fonda) Don't Look Back (Bob Dylan) Nanook of the North and the Blair Witch Project

• The Inspector General | DVD | (23/06/2003) from £9.35   |  Saving you £7.64 (81.71%)   |  RRP £16.99

  In this delightful period farce set in Russia in the 1800's Danny Kaye plays and illiterate buffoon who is mistaken by the villagers for their feared Inspector General. Hilarious situations ensue as Danny is caught up in court intrigue without having a clue of what is going on.

• The Giant Spider Invasion | DVD | (02/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

• The Marilyn Monroe Story | DVD | (14/01/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  The Marilyn Monroe Story a documentary about the life and career of this much loved star narrated by director John Huston (who worked with her on ""The Misfits"") includes interviews with friends cast and crew who worked with Monroe and others who knew her clips from her films and some scenes that were cut from her earliest movies and not seen for many years.

• Lady & the Tramp 2 / Cinderella 2 / Hunchback of Notre Dame 2 | DVD | (18/11/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £41.99

  Adventure influenced box set from Disney.; ; Cinderella 2: Cinderella has married Prince Charming and returned to the palace, her new home, after the honeymoon when she learns that adapting to her lifestyle may be even more difficult than escaping her evil stepmother!; ; Lady And The Tramp 2 - Scamp's Adventure: Along with their well-behaved girl puppies, Lady and Tramp are busy raising mischievous Scamp - who's always in the doghouse. Longing for freedom, Scamp ventures far fro.

• Home Town Story | DVD | (12/01/2004) from £3.57   |  Saving you £1.42 (39.78%)   |  RRP £4.99

  One of Marilyn Monroe's earliest starring roles (of her ten previous films she had been uncredited in four of them) finds her playing the newspaper office receptionist Iris. The paper is run by Blake Washburn who has just been defeated in a bid for re-election to the state senate and uses the paper to ruffle big business.

• The Tale Of Despereaux with Limited Edition 3D Lenticular Sleeve | DVD | (12/03/2012) from £9.43   |  Saving you £-1.44 (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  All hope was lost in a land where sunlight disappeared and the world became dreary grey. Until Despereaux Tilling was born that is!

• Castaway (Robinson Crusoe Por Un Año) - Oliver Reed, Amanda Donohoe | DVD | (01/06/2019) from £12.60   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Santa Fe Trail | DVD | (30/12/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Hollywood journeyman par excellence Michael Curtiz directs this historical Western which tells the stories of confederate soldier Jeb Stuart (Errol Flynn) and General George Armstrong Custer (Ronald Reagan) as they fight abolitionist John Brown (Raymond Massey).

• WEST POINT STORY (1950) - WEST POINT STORY (1950) (1 DVD) | DVD | (07/02/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Marilyn Monroe - Memories And Mysteries | DVD | (22/04/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Marilyn Monroe: Memories & Mysteries

• The Pilgrimage Play | DVD | (15/09/2008) from £5.38   |  Saving you £-0.39 (-7.80%)   |  RRP £4.99

  The Pilgrimage Play

• Home Town Story | DVD | (11/10/2004) from £4.99   |  Saving you £-2.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

• McVicar | DVD | (15/05/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Sentenced to 23 years: he won't accept a day of it! This is the incredible true story of John McVicar - a man who took on the entire prison system and refused to surrender. Roger Daltrey gives a powerful performance as McVicar in a film that is shocking brutal and full of gritty violent realism. The film strongly depicts the brutal aspects of British prison life and follows McVicar into his eventual rehabilitation.

• The Big Trees | DVD | (15/10/2001) from £13.97   |  Saving you £-2.72 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  In The Big Trees Kirk Douglas plays Jim Fallon a hard-nosed lumberjack intent on making his fortune from California's famous giant redwood trees. The territory he has designs on though is inhabited by a religious colony that begs him not to strip their land of the mighty sequoias... Released in 1952 Douglas is at his dynamic best in this beautifully photographed film set in picturesque Northern California. Presented in its original Academy Frame aspect ratio this special editio

• The Death of Superman | Blu Ray | (06/08/2018) from £17.38   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Based on the acclaimed DC Comics graphic novel comes an epic animated movie showcasing Superman's greatest battle. An asteroid hurtles through our atmosphere and crashes into the ocean, with it arrives an unstoppable force fuelled by uncontrollable rage known only as Doomsday! With innocent lives threatened and Metropolis under attack, Batman, Wonder Woman and the rest of the Justice League rally to meet this otherworldly menace. But when the dust settles, only an epic showdown between Superman and Doomsday can decide the fate of Metropolis and ultimately, planet Earth!

• Justice League - Justice on Trial | DVD | (03/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

• Home Town Story | DVD | (16/11/2009) from £7.39   |  Saving you £0.60 (7.50%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Blake Washburn blames manufacturer MacFarland for his defeat in the race for re-election to the state legislature. He takes over his uncles newspaper to take on big business as an enemy of the people. Miss Martin (Marilyn Monroe) works in the Herald newspaper office. When tragedy strikes Blake must re-examine his views.

• Hard Drivin' | DVD | (26/03/2007) from £6.98   |  Saving you £5.00 (100.20%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A thrill-packed hard driving adventure set at the great ""Southern 500"" stock car racing circuit. These daredevils mix their women and their machines. Non-stop action on and off the track in this granddaddy of stock car racing films!